This course is the second part of a series of courses that will be completed at the end of three academic semesters and aims to create a musical ensemble (as the title suggests), which will be able to present in public (exams, events inside and outside the University, TV appearances, concerts outside Greece, etc.) what its students are taught during their participation in it.

Indicative field chapters covered in the first phase of the course:

  1. Selected songs and instrumental scores from the Cyclades and the Dodecanese
  2. Selected anonymous and named compositions (songs and instrumental scores) from Constantinople and Smyrna
  3. Selected songs and tunes from Central and Eastern Macedonia
  4. Selected songs and tunes from Western Thrace
  5. Famous virtuoso instrumental compositions from the national musical repertoire
  6. Greek traditional songs with polyphonic arrangement

 

Recommended literature

Voulgaris, E. & Vandarakis, V. (2006). The urban folk song in interwar Greece. Athens: Fagotto

Kapsokavadis, A. (2020). Musical Meta-versions. Athens: Melodic Ship

Kostantzos, C. (1999). The songs of Smyrna. Athens: Fagotto

____(2001). Songs of the City. Athens: Fagotto

Mavroeidis, M. (1994). Anthology of Greek Traditional Music. Athens: Fagotto

Papadopoulou, K. (2017). Percussion – The music of the heart. Athens: DOREMI

Papanastasiou, V. (2011). Musical Recordings of Thrace. Athens: Phillipos Nakas.

____(2013). Musical Records of Macedonia. Athens: Philippos Nakas Pephanis, L. & Fevgalas, S. (2013). Musical Recordings I – 184 instrumental scores from the Aegean, Ionian, Crete and Cyprus. Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas

____(2016). Music Records II – 200 instrumental scores from Thrace, Macedonia, Epirus, Epirus, Thessaly, Central Greece and Peloponnese. Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas

Perishinakis, P. (2023). Music of Greece – Anthology of traditional melodies. Athens: Voukino.

Sulakellis, Th. (1999). Aegean of Angels – 15 songs of the sea . Athens: Philippos Nakas

Tsardakas, A. (2008). The cannon at 78 rpm. Athens: Fagotto

Tsiamoulis, C. (2018). The melodic patterns of tradition – mode a´ (issue one). Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas

____(2018). The melodic patterns of tradition – mode a´ (issue two). Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas

____(2023). The melodic patterns of tradition – mode b´ (issue three). Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas

Tsiamoulis, C. & Ereinidis, P. (1998). Roman Composers of the City. Athens: Domos