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2. KING WHO HAS TURNED TO MARBLE, THE [Ο μαρμαρωμένος βασιλιάς – Επινίκειον]
6. MINOR AND MAJOR MODES [Ο ελάσσονας και ο μείζονας τρόπος]
CAROLS [Τα κάλαντα]
For baritone solo, mixed choir & orchestra / piano accompaniment
Folk song, free arrangement by Manolis Kalomiris; from the music drama The Mother’s Ring, 1917.
Publication:
For baritone solo, mixed choir & piano accompaniment: Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part III, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
* For the orchestral version, see the scoring of The Mothers Ring, category Operas.
KING WHO HAS TURNED TO MARBLE, THE
[Ο μαρμαρωμένος βασιλιάς – Επινίκειον]
For soloist / unison choir & piano accompaniment
Poem, Eleni Negroponti. 1915.
Publication:
Army Songs, Mystakidis, Efstathiadis and Makris, Athens n.d.
The Approved Army Songs, First Army Corps, Athens 1918.
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
KLEFTIS WEATHERS THE WINTER, THE or THE TREES ARE DEAD
[Ο κλέφτης παραχειμάζων ή Εμαραθήκαν τα δεντριά]
For two-part children choir & piano accompaniment
Folk song, harmonization by Manolis Kalomiris. 1911.
Publication:
School songs, Athens Conservatory, Athens 1914.
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part II, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
LEVENTIA, THE [Η λεβεντιά]
For mixed choir a cappella
Folk song, harmonization by Manolis Kalomiris. 1953.
Publication:
Lessons in Music, Gaetanos, Athens 1939. [Only the voice part]
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part II, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
LULLABY [Νανούρισμα]
For two-part children or women choir & orchestra / piano accompaniment
Poem, Aristotelis Valaoritis. 1911.
Publication:
Lessons in Music, Gaetanos, Athens 1939. [Only the voice part]
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part I, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
* For the orchestral version, see under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.
MINOR AND MAJOR MODES
[Ο ελάσσονας και ο μείζονας τρόπος]
For unison children choir & piano accompaniment
Poem, Manolis Kalomiris. 1924.
Publication:
Elementary Theory, Gaetanos, Athens 1924.
MOLON LAVE!
[Μολών Λαβέ!]
For baritone solo & orchestra / piano accompaniment
Poem, Athanas (pen name of Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas). Included in the work From Captain Lyras’ Life and Longings [Part II, No. 9]. 1941, 1957.*
Publication:
Piano/vocal score: From Captain Lyras’ Life and Longings [Part II, No. 9], pp. 137-140, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1958.
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
Molon lave (μολών λαβέ), lit. “come and take them”, legendary answer of the Spartan King Leonidas to the Persians at Thermopylae, in response to the demand to lay down his arms.
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]
* In the Tsalachouris’ Catalogue the date is incorrectly referred to as 1940.Η παρτιτούρα του κομματιού είναι του 1941 (ανεξάρτητη) και 1957 (στη συνολική δεμένη παρτιτούρα). Πρέπει να δω πότε γράφτηκε το σπαρτίτο. Είναι στο Φάληρο!!!
[Note by Myrto Economides]
Publication:
Full score: Unpublished.
Piano/vocal score: Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1958 (From Captain Lyras’ Life and Longings).
* For the orchestral version, see the scoring of the work From Captain Lyras’ Life and Longings, see under the category Works for Narrator, Soloists and Orchestra.
8. MY PRAYER or THE EVZON’S CAP [Η προσευχή μου ή Απ’ το φέσι του τσολιά]
9. ODE TO THE GREEKS OF AMERICA [Ύμνος προς τον ελληνισμό της Αμερικής]
10. OH, MY CHILDREN [Ω! Παιδιά μου]
MY PRAYER or THE EVZON’S CAP
[Η προσευχή μου ή Απ’ το φέσι του τσολιά]
a. For unison choir & piano accompaniment
b. baritone or mezzo-soprano solo, two-part male choir & tambourine
Poem, Spyros Matsoukas. 1928.
Matsoukas, Spyros (1870 – 1928), popular poet of fiercely nationalistic orientation. He became involved in the wars of liberation of the still enslaved regions of Greece (Cretan War of 1897, a.o.). He authored several collections of patriotic poems encouraging the fighting spirit of the Greek soldiers and devoted much effort to the care or their orphans.
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]
Publication:
Military Songs, Zacharias Makris, Athens 1929. [Version a]
Lessons in Music, Gaetanos, Athens 1939. [Only the voice part]
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954. [Version a, b]
ODE TO THE GREEKS OF AMERICA
[Ύμνος προς τον ελληνισμό της Αμερικής]
For mixed choir & piano accompaniment
Poem, Sotiris Skipis. 1948.
Skipis, Sotiris (1881–1952), poet and General Secretary of the School of Fine Arts in Athens. After many years in France, he adopted in his writing a light-hearted manner which “proved to be fatal to his work” according to Politis.
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]
Publication: Unpublished.
OH, MY CHILDREN [Ω! Παιδιά μου]
For unison choir & piano accompaniment
Poem, Miltiadis Malakasis. 1928.
Malakasis, Miltiadis (1869–1943), lyric poet who wrote his finest poems inspired by his native city Missolonghi and the surrounding province, Roumeli.
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]
Publication:
Military Songs, Zacharias Makris, Athens 1929.
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
OLIVE TREE, THE [Η εληά]
For female choir & orchestra / piano accompaniment
Poem, Kostis Palamas.
1907/1908/1909/1944.
Publication:
Full score: Unpublished.
Voice and piano: Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume I, Part I, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
* For the orchestral version, see under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.
ONWARDS [Εμπρός!]
For tow part choir & piano accompaniment
Poem, Kostis Palamas. 1912.
Publication:
Army Songs, Mystakidis, Efstathiadis and Makris, Athens n.d.
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
ONWARD [Ομπρός]
For unison choir & orchestra / piano accompaniment
Poem, Angelos Sikelianos. 1940.
Publication:
Offering for the Greek Youth - Songs for School, Army and Workers’ Choirs. Volume II, Part IV, Manolis Kalomiris, Athens 1954.
* For the orchestral version, see under the category Works for Choir and Orchestra.
