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Topic: Greek Composers Works  (Read 1590 times)

Offline jimf

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Greek Composers Works
on: February 16, 2014, 08:54:54 PM
Hi there! I have decided to post some works by notable greek composers for those that are not aquainted with their music. What do you think of this? It belongs to a song cycle by Kalomiris, namely Mayherbs...


Offline nikolasideris

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Re: Greek Composers Works
Reply #1 on: March 08, 2014, 04:50:42 AM
I'm not particularly fond of Kalomiris music, to be honest and I'm Greek myself! :D

Here's another Greek composer, who unfortunately died in a car accident in 1970!

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Re: Greek Composers Works
Reply #2 on: March 08, 2014, 06:09:27 PM
I haven't ever heard anything about Jani Christou! Thanks for it! Has anyone ever heard about Nicolas Astrinidis?  :)

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Re: Greek Composers Works
Reply #3 on: March 28, 2014, 02:19:27 AM
There's also Iannis Xenakis, but his music is DEFINITELY not for everybody, it's extremely difficult and very atonal. I personally love it.
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