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

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

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

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

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

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

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

____(2016). Music Records III – 216 instrumental scores from Asia Minor, Pontus, Pontus, Azov and Lower Italy. Athens: Papagrigoriou-Nakas

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

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