Piano
SKU:
BR.BG-591
Composed by
Gunther (Hrsg.) Becker.
Edited by Gunther Becker.
Solo instruments;
Softcover. Edition Gerig.
Music post-1945. Score.
24 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #BG 591.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.BG-591).
ISBN 9790004130841. 9
x 12 inches.
These
two books of piano pieces
arranged in progressive
order of difficulty are
the first collection to
give a representative
survey of contemporary
Greek music. No
pretensions of
completeness are being
made. The piece by
Skalkottas is the only
one that has been
published before, and I
am indebted to the
Universal Edition,
Vienna, for their kind
permission to republish
it.The younger generation
of Greek composers have
turned away from their
national folklore, which
is in evidence in just a
few works only as a
latent force. Some of the
composers were introduced
to modern techniques by
the outstanding teacher
Jannis A. Papaioannou and
have gone abroad to
complete their knowledge
of the latest methods and
to integrate them into
their personal style.
Older composers like
Poniridy and
Konstantinidis are
represented by works of
artfully stylized folk
music.I should like to
acknowledge the advice
and help given to me by
my friend and colleague
Jannis A. Papaioannou, as
well as to the American
Director of the
Gennadeios Library,
Francis R. Walton, for
generously providing the
manuscript of the piece
by Mitropoulos. (Gunther
Becker).