This course is the first 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 Western Macedonia
  2. Selected songs and instrumental scores from Eastern Rumelia
  3. Selected songs and tunes from Epirus
  4. Selected songs and tunes from the Peloponnese and Central Greece
  5. Selected songs and tunes from Crete
  6. Polyphonic songs from the Ionian Islands

 

Recommended literature

Andreoulakis, H. & Petrakis, S. (2007). Purposes & Mandinades of Crete. Athens: Philip Nakas

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

Kotsinis, G. (2008). Melismas – The art of the Greek clarinet. Athens: Philip Nakas

Lolis, K. (2006). Epirus polyphonic song. Ioannina: Private publication.

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

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

Perishinakis, P. (2016). The music of Crete. Athens: Voukino

____(2023). Music of Greece – Anthology of traditional melodies. Athens: Voukino.

Pephanis, L. & Fevgalas, S. (2016). Musical Recordings II – 200 instrumental scores from Thrace, Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Central Greece and Peloponnese. Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas .

Sold, S. (2019). The songs of Corfu – Through the folk events and traditions of Corfu. Corfu: Corfu Press

Raptopoulos, C. (1997). Harmonic polyphony in the Ionian Islands. Athens: Alkyon

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