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The Bacchantes No. 1

Ballet

Βάκχες Χορόδραμα έργο 19, αρ. 1

Catalogue No.: YSC55

Status: Completed

Opus: 19

No.: 1

Genre: Ballet

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 4

Movement Titles:

Prologue (Semele struck by lightning)
Parodos and Episode
Bacchic (The sparagmos of Pentheus)
Exodos (Agave’s lament)

Instrumentation:

2111-2110, Percussion I (Timpani, Cymbals, Tambourine), Percussion II (Xylophone, Bass Drum, Tambourine, Cymbal attached to Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Woodblock, Snare Drum, Snare Bass Drum without snares, Tamtam, Maracas, Suspended Cymbal), Piano, Violin, Cello, Small Female Choir

Written in: Athens

Date: February 1, 1959

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Draft Score - IV. Exodos	Scan of the draft score of IV. Exodos.	10	PDF	View or Download
2	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	77	PDF	View or Download
3	Full Score III. Bacchic (The sparagmos of Pentheus)	Scan of the full score of III. Bacchic (The sparagmos of Pentheus).	31	PDF	View or Download
4	Full Score Copy	Scan of the full score (unknown copyist).	120	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		The Bacchae	Euripides	Tragedy		View

Texts

#	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Text Page
1	Interview on the B' Programme of the Athens Radio Station Before the Performance of the Ballet The Bacchantes No. 1	Interview (Radio)	1959	Greek	View
2	A Few Words About The Ballet Bacchantes	Interview	1959	Greek	View
3	Interview in the Magazine Tachydromos (1962)	Interview	1962	Greek	View
4	My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	February 23, 1959	Kentrikon Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A		Antiochos Evangelatos (conductor), Rallou Manou (choreographer)	Hellenic Ballet	The Bacchantes Op. 19, No. 1

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Antiochos Evangelatos	Conductor, Chorus Master, Composer		View
2	Hellenic Ballet	Dance Company		View
3	Rallou Manou	Choreographer, Dancer	Hellenic Ballet	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 58-62
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 8, 268
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 127, 320, 321
Yorgos Sicilianos, “Interview on the B’ Programme of the Athens Radio Station Before the Performance of the Ballet The Bacchantes No. 1,” in On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (unpublished manuscript, 2010), original manuscript for the book, copy provided to Anastasios R. A. Mavroudis., 302-304
Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007), 18, 50, 92, 93, 94, 115, 185, 197
Kostas Chardas, Giorgos Demertzis, Charis Dimaras, Nikos Maliaras, Giorgos Sakallieros, Nikos B. Tsouchlos, Markos Tsetsos, and Panos Vlagopoulos. Yorgos Sicilianos 1920-2005 - Anniversary Tribute [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος 1920-2005 Επετειακο αφιερωμα]. Edited by Stephania Merakos and Valia Vraka. (Athens: Friends of Music Association, 2016), 46, 65, 112, 116

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