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Index Alphabetical order A-D:

1. BRIDGE OF ARTA, THE [Της Άρτας το γιοφύρι]

2. CHELIDONISMA [Χελιδόνισμα]

3. CHRIST IS RISEN [Χριστός Ανέστη]

4. CONSTANTINOPLE’S LAMENT (THEY TOOK THE CITY)  [Ο θρήνος της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (Πήραν την Πόλη)]

5. DANCE OF THE SHADES [Ο χορός των ίσκιων]

6. DAWN GLOWS, THE [Άστραψεν η ανατολή]

 

 



BRIDGE OF ARTA, THE

[Της Άρτας το γιοφύρι]
For four-part chorus & piano accompaniment.
Folk poem, harmonization by Manolis Kalomiris, from the musical tragedy The Master Builder. 1913.

Publication: Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part I, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.



CHELIDONISMA

[Χελιδόνισμα]
Poem, Athanasios Christopoulos, 1911.

Publication: Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part I, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.



CHRIST IS RISEN

[Χριστός Ανέστη]
Byzantine hymn, harmonization by Manolis Kalomiris, 1955.

Publication: Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part III, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.



CONSTANTINOPLE’S LAMENT (THEY TOOK THE CITY)
[Ο θρήνος της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (Πήραν την Πόλη)]
a. For two-part choir & orchestra
b. For two-part choir & piano accompaniment
c. For contralto solo & mixed choir a cappella
Folk poem. 1912.


A folksong belonging to the group of the demotic songs and lamentations for the Fall of Constantinople, which were widely sung after the conquest of the city by the Turks in 1453 (see also notes on Konstantinos Paleologos, Piran tin Poli, The King Who Was Turned into Marble).
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]

Publication:
School songs (under the title Constantinople’s Lament), Athens Conservatory, Athens 1914.  [Version b]
Military Songs, (under the title Constantinople’s Lament) Zacharias Makris, Athens 1929. [Version b]
They Took the City, Gaetanos, Athens n.d. [Version b]
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part II, (under the title They Took the City), Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954. [Versions b, c]


Audio
Manolis Kalomiris, They took the City, version for contralto solo & mixed choir a cappella.
Julia Souglakou, soprano
Early Music Workshop Chorus
Yorgos Konstantzos, conductor
[link]


*For the orchestral version, see under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.



DANCE OF THE SHADES

[Ο χορός των ίσκιων]
For male choir a cappella.
Poem, Kostas Hatzopoulos, 1940.

Publication: Unpublished.

 


 

DAWN GLOWS, THE

[Άστραψεν η ανατολή]
For unison choir (or solo voice) and orchestra.
Folk poem. 1940.

Orchestra: 2 1 2 1 – 2 0 0 0 – Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Strings

Publication: Unpublished.

* Listed also separately under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.





7. DEATH OF THE LAMB, THE [Ο θάνατος του αρνιού]

8. DEATH OF THE KLEFTIS, THE [Ο θάνατος του κλέφτη]

9. DIAGOUSIKOS [Ο Διαγγούσικος]

10. DON’T TORTURE ME AND MAKE ME CRY from Twenty Folk Songs, No. 2
[Μη με τυραγνείς και κλαίγω]

 

 

 

 

 

DEATH OF THE LAMB, THE

[Ο θάνατος του αρνιού]
For two-part children choir & orchestra / piano accompaniment
Poem, Georgios Drosinis, 1911.

Publication:
Lessons in Music, Gaetanos, Athens 1939. [Only the voice part]
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs, vol.I part I, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.

* For the orchestral version, see under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.



DEATH OF THE KLEFTIS, THE

[Ο θάνατος του κλέφτη]
a. For baritone solo & two-part male choir a cappella
b. For baritone solo, two-part male choir & piano accompaniment
c. For baritone solo, two-part male choir, piano & English horn*
d. For baritone solo, choir, English horn & small orchestra
Folk poem. 1911.

One of the numerous folksongs (demotic songs), dealing with the life and deeds of the “Klephts”, who were active before and during the Greek War of Independence. A Kleftis (lit. thief), somewhat similar to a contemporary guerilla, took to the mountains, conducting his resistance with booty stolen from the Turks as well as the local population (hence their name). The “Klephptic” songs are all in the demotic language.
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]

Publication:
School songs (under the title The Wounded Kleftis), Athens Conservatory, Athens 1914.  [Version b]
Lessons in Music, Gaetanos 1939. [Version a]
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs, vol.I part II, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.

* This version exists only on record, with Kalomiris playing the piano part.

Audio
Manolis Kalomiris: The Death of the Kleftis, for baritone solo, two-part male choir, piano & English horn
[link]
Dimitris Krionas, tenor
Manolis Kalomiris, piano


* For the orchestral version, see under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.



DIAGOUSIKOS

[Ο Διαγγούσικος]
For unison choir & piano accompaniment
Folk song, harmonization by Manolis Kalomiris.
1922.

Publication:
N. G. Mavris and E. A. Papadopoulos, Port Said 1928, in Dodecanesian Lyre, vol. I: Kasiaki Lyra.
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs, vol.II part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.


 


DON’T TORTURE ME AND MAKE ME CRY
from Twenty Folk Songs, No. 2
[Μη με τυραγνείς και κλαίγω]
For four-part choir a cappella
Folk song. n.d.

Publication: Gaetanos, Athens n.d.

 

ΟΡERΑS

THE MASTER BUILDER
Ο Πρωτομάστορας

THE MOTHER'S RING
Το δαχτυλίδι της Μάνας

SUNRISE
Ανατολή

THE SHADOWY WATERS
Ξωτικά νερά

KONSTANDINOS PALEOLOGOS
(The Fall of Constantinople)

Κωνσταντίνος ο Παλαιολόγος (Πήραν την Πόλη)

WORKS FOR VOICE AND ORCHESTRA

MAGIC HERBS
IAMBS AND ANAPAESTS - PART II
Μαγιοβότανα

THE PEDDLER
Ο Πραματευτής

I LOVE YOU
IAMBS AND ANAPAESTS - PART I
Σ’ αγαπώ

SONGS OF SIKELIANOS
Τραγούδια του Σικελιανού

FIVE SONGS FROM
THE FOURTH BOOK OF

THE CITY AND THE SOLITUDE
Πέντε τραγούδια από το τέταρτο βιβλίο Της πολιτείας και της μοναξιάς

THE TWO TOWNCRIERS
Οι δυο διαλαλητάδες

THE CURSE
Η κατάρα

“HAIDE HOURDE”
Χάιντε Χούρδε

WORKS FOR SOLO PIANO

ORIENTAL PAINTING
Ανατολική ζωγραφιά

THREE BALLADS
Τρεις μπαλάντες

NOCTURNE
Νυχτιάτικο

PATINADA
Πατινάδα

TWO RHAPSODIES
Δύο ραψωδίες

PRELUDES FOR PIANO
Πρελούδια για πιάνο

THE DEATH OF THE VALIANT WOMAN
Ο θάνατος της Αντρειωμένης

ΙΝΤΕΡΜΕΖΖΟ (from the opera SUNRISE)
Ιντερμέδιο (από την όπερα Ανατολή)

PRELUDE (from the MAGIC HERBS)
Πρελούδιο (από τα Μαγιοβότανα)

WORKS FOR TWO PIANOS

PRELUDE AND FUGUE
Πρελούδιο και φούγκα

ROMEIKI SUITE
Ρωμέικη σουίτα

SYMPHONY No. 3, “PALAMIKI” – Third part
Συμφωνία αρ.3 «Παλαμική» – Τρίτο μέρος

MINAS THE REBEL - CORSAIR OF THE AEGEAN
Μηνάς ο Ρέμπελος – Κουρσάρος στο Αιγαίο

PEDAGOGICAL WORKS FOR PIANO

FOR THE GREEK CHILDREN
Για τα ελληνόπουλα

FIRST PIANO LESSONS
Τα πρώτα μαθήματα για πιάνο

INCIDENTAL MUSIC

MUSIC AND MELODRAMA FOR “STELLA VIOLANTI”
Στέλλα Βιολλάντη – Μουσική και Μελόδραμα

SABBATH OF SOULS
Ψυχοσάββατο

PARGA
Η Πάργα

MACBETH
Μάκβεθ

THE SHEPHERDESS’ LOVER
Ο αγαπητικός της βοσκοπούλας

MUSICO-PEDAGOGICAL WORKS

ELEMENTARY THEORY
Στοιχειώδης θεωρία

VOCALISE – ÉTUDE

HARMONY
Αρμονία

MUSICAL FORMS
Μουσική μορφολογία

INSTRUMENTATION
Οργανογνωσία

FIRST PIANO LESSONS
Τα πρώτα μαθήματα για πιάνο

LESSONS IN MUSIC
Μαθήματα μουσικής

MELODIC EXERCISES
Μελωδικαί ασκήσεις

RHYTHMIC EXERCISES
Ρυθμικαί ασκήσεις

HARMONY EXERCISES
Θέματα αρμονίας

WORKS NOT LISTED IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE CATALOGUE
Έργα που δεν αναφέρονται στο κυρίως σώμα του Καταλόγου