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Variations on 4 Rhythmic Themes

Παραλλαγές Πάνω Σε 4 Ρυθμικά Θέματα έργο 24

Catalogue No.: YSC63

Status: Completed

Opus: 24

Genre: Orchestral

Creative Timeline: Second Period

Number of Movements: 1

Instrumentation:

2222-4330, 2 Harps, Celesta, Percussion (5 Performers: Timpani, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Cymbals, Snare Drum, Triangle, Woodblock, Tambourine, Bass Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Clapper, Tamtam, 3 Tom-Tom: Low, Mid, and High, Bongos), Strings

Written in: Athens

Date: October 23, 1963

Duration: 00:12:00

Sicilianos Archive Files

#	Archive Title	Description	Number of Pages	Digital Format	Linked File
1	Full Score	Scan of the full score.	32	PDF	View or Download
2	Sketch Material	Scan of the sketch material.	53	PDF	View or Download
3	Draft Score	Scan of the draft score.	27	PDF	View or Download
4	Composer's Note	Scan of the composer's note which gives details on the work's structure, as well as information about it's first performance.	1	PDF	View or Download

Intertextuality

#	Image	Title	Creator	Type	Remarks	Work Page
1		Fibonacci Sequence	Fibonacci	Mathematical series		View

Texts

#	Title	Type	Authorship Year	Language	Text Page
1	Variations on 4 Rhythmic Themes, Op. 24 (1963)	Programme Notes	1963	Greek	View
2	My Music of the Last Fifteen Years (1952-1967)	Lecture	1967	Greek	View
3	Modern Music in Greece Today	Lecture	1991	Greek	View
4	A Conversation with Kornilios Diamantopoulos and Konstantinos Lygnos	Interview	2004	Greek	View

Performances

#	Date	Venue	City	Country	Festival	Organiser	Artist(s)	Ensemble(s)	Work(s) Performed
1	May 15, 1964	University of Cuyo	Mendoza	Argentina	N/A	N/A	Andreas Paridis (conductor)	Symphony Orchestra of the National University of Cuyo	Variations on 4 Rhythmic Themes, Op. 24
2	January 24, 1966	Kotopouli - Rex Theatre	Athens	Greece	N/A	Athens State Orchestra	Andreas Paridis (conductor)	Athens State Orchestra	Variations on 4 Rhythmic Themes, Op. 24

Performers

#	Name	Performer Type	Ensembles/Organisations	Profile
1	Andreas Paridis	Conductor		View
2	Athens State Orchestra	Orchestra		View
3	Symphony Orchestra of the National University of Cuyo (Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Nacional de Cuyo)	Orchestra	National University of Cuyo (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo)	View

References

Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011), 72-74
Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020), 248, 269, 271
Yorgos Sicilianos, On Music [Για τη Μουσική], ed. Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou, foreword by Elly Yotopoulou-Sicilianou (Athens: Benaki Museum, Hellenic Music Centre, 2011), 199, 204, 284, 323, 346, 417
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), 20, 57, 59, 185, 202, 243
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), 49, 116

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