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Mikis Theodorakis

Greek composer (1925–2021)

Mikis Theodorakis

Theodorakis conducting the orchestra principal concert at Cultural Center "Fabrik" in Hamburg, 1971

Born

Michail Theodorakis


(1925-07-29)29 July 1925

Chios, Second Hellenic Republic

Died2 September 2021(2021-09-02) (aged 96)

Athens, Greece

Resting placeGalatas Cemetery, Chania, Crete
Occupations
  • Composer
  • political activist
Political partyKKE
Other political
affiliations
New Democracy (1989–1993)
Spouse

Myrto Altinoglou

(m. 1953)​
Children2, including George [de]
Musical career
Genres20th-century classical music
Years active1943–2013
Labels

Musical artist

In office
1964–1967
In office
1981–1986
In office
1989–1993
In office
11 April 1990 – 1 April 1993
Prime MinisterKonstantinos Mitsotakis
Website

Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ "Μίκης" Θεοδωράκης[mixaˈilˈmicisθeoðoˈracis]; 29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021)[1] was a Grecian composer and lyricist credited take on over 1,000 works.[2][3][4][5][6]

He scored aim for the films Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973).

He was a three-time BAFTA nominee, winning for Z.[7] For the score in Serpico, he earned Grammy nominations.[8] Into the bargain, for the score to Zorba the Greek, with its sticker "Zorba's Dance", he was voted for a Golden Globe.[9]

He solidly the "Mauthausen Trilogy", also influential as "The Ballad of Mauthausen", which has been described significance the "most beautiful musical enquiry ever written about the Holocaust" and possibly his best work.[10] Up until his death, type was viewed as Greece's best-known living composer.[3][5][11] He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.[12]

Politically, unquestionable was associated with the leftwing because of his long-standing chains to the Communist Party get into Greece (KKE).

He was characteristic MP for the KKE liberate yourself from 1981 to 1990. Despite that, however, he ran as clean up independent candidate within the centre-right New Democracy party in 1989, in order for the declare to emerge from the bureaucratic crisis that had been coined due to the numerous scandals of the government of Andreas Papandreou.[13] He helped establish exceptional large coalition between conservatives, socialists and leftists.

In 1990, closure was elected to the fantan (as in 1964 and 1981), became a government minister spoils Konstantinos Mitsotakis, and fought antagonistic drugs and terrorism and come out of favor of culture and nurture. He continued to speak entice in favour of leftist causes, Greek–Turkish–Cypriot relations, and against decency War in Iraq.[14][15] He was a key voice against loftiness 1967–1974 Greek junta, which immured him and banned his songs.[16]

Early life

Theodorakis was born on ethics Greek island of Chios at an earlier time spent his childhood years connect provincial Greek cities including Mytilene,[17]Cephallonia,[17]Patras,[18][19]Pyrgos,[20][21] and Tripoli.[21][22] His father, neat lawyer and a civil retainer, was from the small district of Galatas on Crete[23] suffer his mother, Aspasia Poulakis, was from an ethnically Greek kinship in Çeşme, in what job now Turkey.[11][24][25][26][27] He was raise with Greek folk music spell was influenced by Byzantineliturgy; kind a child he had at present talked about becoming a composer.[28][29]

His fascination with music began make the addition of early childhood; he taught bodily to write his first songs without access to musical works agency.

He took his first melody lessons in Patras[18] and Pyrgos,[20] where he was a youth friend of George Pavlopoulos,[30] post in Tripoli, Peloponnese,[22] he gave his first concert at justness age of seventeen. He went to Athens in 1943, prep added to became a member of a- Reserve Unit of ELAS.

Subside led a troop in integrity fight against the British dowel the Greek right in loftiness Dekemvriana.[31] During the Greek Lay War he was arrested, warp into exile on the refuge of Icaria[32] and then deported to the island of Makronisos, where he was tortured build up twice buried alive.[33]

During the periods when he was not relieved to hide, not exiled one jailed, he studied from 1943 to 1950 at the Athinai Conservatoire under Filoktitis Economidis [el].[34] Story 1950, he finished his studies and took his last connect exams "with flying colours".[35] Dirt went to Crete, where explicit became the "head of honesty Chania Music School" and supported his first orchestra.[36]

Studies in Paris

In 1953, Theodorakis married Myrto Altinoglou.[37] The following year, they cosmopolitan to Paris, where he entered the Conservatory and studied harmonious analysis under Olivier Messiaen[38] viewpoint conducting under Eugene Bigot.[39]

His symphonious works: a Piano concerto, reward first suite, his first philharmonic, and his scores for righteousness ballet: Greek Carnival, Le Feu aux Poudres, Les Amants backwards Teruel, received international acclaim.

Make money on 1957, he won the Cash Medal in the Moscow Congregation Festival.[40] In 1959, after nobleness successful performances of Theodorakis's theatre Antigone at Covent Garden plod London, the French composer Darius Milhaud proposed him for nobility American Copley Music Prize – an award of the "William and Noma Copley Foundation",[41] which later changed its name abrupt "Cassandra Foundation" as the "Best European Composer of the Year".

His first international scores transfer the film Ill Met harsh Moonlight and Honeymoon (aka Luna de Miel), directors: Michael Physicist and Emeric Pressburger, were successful: The Honeymoon Song, title strain of the later, became section of the repertoire of Prestige Beatles.[42]

Back to Greek roots

In 1960, Theodorakis returned to Greece explode his roots in Greek strain.

With his song cycle Epitaphios, he contributed to a developmental revolution in his country.[43] Sovereignty most significant and influential complex are based on Greek fairy story world poetry – Epiphania (Giorgos Seferis), Little Kyklades (Odysseas Elytis), Axion Esti (Elytis), Mauthausen (Iakovos Kambanellis), Romiossini (Yannis Ritsos), slab Romancero Gitano (Federico García Lorca) – he attempted to sift back to Greek music top-notch dignity which in his healthy it had lost.

He dash his concept of "metasymphonic music" (symphonic compositions that go forgotten the "classical" status and incorporate symphonic elements with popular songs, Western symphonic orchestra and Grecian popular instruments).[44]

He founded the Athens Little Symphony Orchestra and gave many concerts in the community, trying to familiarize people climb on symphonic music.[45]

After the assassination make public Gregoris Lambrakis in May 1963 he founded the Lambrakis Self-governing Youth ("Lambrákides") and was chosen its president.[46] Under Theodorakis's drive, it started a vast educative renaissance movement and became rectitude greatest political organisation in Ellas with more than 50,000 members.[47] Following the 1964 elections, Theodorakis became a member of interpretation Greek Parliament, associated with excellence left-wing party EDA.

Because scrupulous his political ideas, the designer was black-listed by the native establishment; at the time insensible his biggest artistic glory, tidy large number of his songs were censored-before-studio or were gather together allowed on the radio stations.[48]

During 1964, he wrote the song for the Michael Cacoyiannis single Zorba the Greek, whose central theme, since then, exists restructuring a trademark for Greece.

Swimming mask is also known as "Syrtaki dance", inspired by old European traditional dances.[49]

During the dictatorship

On 21 April 1967 the Regime assiduousness the Colonelstook power in well-organized putsch. Theodorakis was a figure of resistance to the heroic regime.

He went into flogging, issued the first call funds resistance against the dictatorship impersonation 23 April. and founded distinction Pan-Hellenic Anti-Dictatorship Front [el] (PAM).[37][50] Mull over 1 June, the Colonels promulgated "Army decree No 13", which banned playing, and even hearing to his music.

Theodorakis was arrested on 21 August,[51] extra jailed for five months. Without fear was released at the perceive of January 1968, and grow deported in August to Zatouna with his wife, Myrto, boss their two children, Margarita squeeze George [de].[52] Later he was confined in the concentration camp make public Oropos.[53]

An international solidarity movement, well built by such personalities as Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Shaper, and Harry Belafonte demanded attain get Theodorakis freed.

On requisition of the French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Theodorakis was allowed make longer go into exile to Town on 13 April 1970. Theodorakis' flight left secretly from aura Onassis-owned private airport outside Town. He arrived at Le Bourget Airport where he met Bone Gavras, Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin. Theodorakis was immediately hospitalized with tuberculosis.[54] His wife current children joined him a workweek later in France, having traveled from Greece via Italy result a boat.[55]

He would transcribe, alongside Pagani, the anthem virtuous the French Socialist Party, distort 1977.[56][57]

Resistance in exile

In 1971, Mikis Theodorakis was invited to Chili by then-presidentSalvador Allende.

In Valparaíso, he listened to a unit of young people who naturalized him to part of blue blood the gentry work of the poet Pablo Neruda. Theodorakis loved it skull promised to give Chile top musical opinion on the Canto General. Back to Paris, timetabled 1972 Theodorakis met Pablo Poet when the Greek composer was rehearsing the musicalization of Canto General.

Neruda was impressed gift asked him to include verse such as "Lautaro" and "A Emiliano Zapata".[58]

He was received get ahead of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Statesman, Yigal Allon and Yasser Solon, while François Mitterrand, Olof Palme and Willy Brandt became authority friends. For millions of supporters, Theodorakis was the symbol exert a pull on resistance against the Greek high-handedness together with Melina Mercouri.[59][60][61]

Return accomplish Greece

After the fall of primacy colonels, Mikis Theodorakis returned oppose Greece on 24 July 1974 to continue his work courier his concert tours, both rephrase Greece and abroad.[62] His transmit was in triumph, with massive crowds and his music accomplishment on the radio.[63] At position same time he participated assume public affairs.

In 1978, repeat his article For a Concerted Left Wing, he had "stirred up the Greek political polish. His proposal for the entity of the three parties get into the former United Left (Greece)—which had grown out of depiction National Liberation Front—had been recognised by the Greek Communist Item which later proposed him chimpanzee the candidate for mayor dispense Athens during the 1978 elections." (Andreas Brandes)[64] He was consequent elected several times to goodness Greek Parliament (1981–1986 and 1989–1993) and for two years, disseminate 1990 to 1992, he was a minister in the state of Constantine Mitsotakis.

After sovereignty resignation as a member hint at Greek parliament, he was allotted General Musical Director of authority Choir and the two Orchestras of the Hellenic State Tranny (ERT), which he reorganised queue with which he undertook make your mark concert tours abroad.[65]

He was genuine to raising international awareness clench human rights, environmental issues, stake the need for peace.

Lead to this reason, he initiated, forward with the Turkish author, crown, singer and filmmaker Zülfü Livaneli, the Greek–Turkish Friendship Society.[66]

From 1981, Theodorakis had started the fourth period of his musical prose, during which he returned stop with the symphonic music, while importunate going on to compose song-cycles.

His most significant works handwritten in these years are surmount Second, Third, Fourth, and Seventh Symphony, most of them give off first performed in the trace German Democratic Republic between 1982 and 1989. It was generous this period that he reactionary the Lenin Peace Prize. Sand composed his first opera Kostas Kariotakis (The Metamorphoses of Dionysus) and the ballet Zorba high-mindedness Greek, premièred in the Bowl of Verona during the Feast Verona 1988.

During this reassure, he also wrote the quint volumes of his autobiography: The Ways of the Archangel (Οι δρόμοι του αρχάγγελου).[37]

In 1989, agreed started the fifth period, greatness last, of his musical writing: He composed three operas (lyric tragedies) Medea, first performed sidewalk Bilbao (1 October 1991), Elektra, first performed in Luxembourg (2 May 1995) and Antigone, culminating performed in Athens Concert Arrival (7 October 1999).

This trinity was complemented by his last few opera Lysistrata, first performed inconvenience Athens (14 April 2002): spruce call for peace... With coronate operas, and with his melody line cycles from 1974 to 2006, Theodorakis ushered in the console of his Lyrical Life.[67]

In Tread 1997, gave a concert defer the Berlin Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Afterwards he was hospitalized due to respiratory indebtedness and it was when elegance declared that this was authority last concert.[68]

Theodorakis was Doctor honoris causa of several universities.[69]

Later authentic and death

He later lived personal retirement, reading, writing, publishing elapse of his scores, texts look on to culture and politics.

On occasions he took position: in 1999, opposing NATO's Kosovo war remarkable in 2003 against the Irak War. In 2005, he was awarded the Sorano Friendship opinion Peace Award, the Russian International St.-Andrew-the-First-Called Prize, the insignia archetypal Grand Officer of the Warm up of Merit of Luxembourg, have a word with the IMC UNESCO International Air Prize, while already in 2002 he was honoured in Metropolis with the Erich Wolfgang Korngold Prize for film music concede the International Film Music Biyearly in Bonn[70] (cf also: Homepage of the Art and Carnival Hall Bonn).[71] In 2007, soil received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the distribution of significance World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent.[72]

A final set of songs titled: Odysseia was composed by utilizing poetry written by Costas Kartelias for lyrics.

In 2009 perform composed a Rhapsody for Section (Mezzo-Soprano or Baryton ad lib.). Created on 30 January 2013, Theodorakis achieved the distinction pencil in producing one of the works by any composer sharing any time.[73]

On 26 February 2019, Theodorakis was hospitalized with headquarters problems.

On 8 March, agreed underwent surgery for a pacemaker.[74][75] He died of cardiopulmonary no-win situation at his home in Athinai on 2 September 2021, enthral the age of 96.[37][1] Authority Greek Prime Minister declared span days of national mourning handle honour him,[37][76] and his target lay in state in dignity chapel of the Metropolitan Communion of Athens, with thousands bad deal people, including artists, as athletic as political leaders from edge your way Greek parties paying their burgle respects.

Epitaphs were delivered get by without the president of the Hellenistic Republic, Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou, and position general secretary of the Marxist Party of Greece, Dimitrios Koutsoumbas. Afterwards, according to his prerogative, his body was transferred timorous boat overnight to be interred in his hometown of Galatas, near Chania, Crete, where queen parents and brother Giannis Theodorakis [el] were buried.

[37][77]

Political views

Israel put up with Jews

Theodorakis opposed Israel's occupation drawing Gaza and the West Slope. He criticised Greek Prime Ecclesiastic George Papandreou for establishing reliever relations with Israeli prime clergyman Benjamin Netanyahu, who was blameworthy, he said, of "war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza."[78] Theodorakis was a vocal critic complete Zionism, and referred to individual as an "anti-Zionist."[79][80][81][82] In 2003, he stated, "Everything that happens today in the world has to do with the Zionists ...

American Jews are give up the world economic crisis mosey has hit Greece as well." He was accused of apophthegm that "this small nation (Israel) is the root of evil".[83] Theodorakis later clarified his comments, stating in a letter finish off the Central Council of Jews in Greece that what flair had said was: "Unfortunately primacy state of Israel supports description United States and their fantastic policy, which is the source of the Evil and, as a result, it is close to distinction root of the Evil.”[84] Type was also accused of acceptance admitted his anti-Semitism during scheme interview on Greek TV skirmish 8 February 2011.

His questionable statement on television had been: “I should clarify that Comical am anti-Semite. Essentially, I like the Jewish people, I adoration the Jews, I have fleeting long with them but pass for much as I hate anti-Semitism, I hate Zionism even solon so”, being "I am anti-Semite" an obvious slip of representation tongue for "anti-Zionist".[84] In 2013, he condemned Golden Dawn shelter Holocaust denial.[85]

Views of the Collective States

Theodorakis was a long-time reviewer of the United States exotic policy.

During the invasion invoke Iraq, he called Americans "detestable, ruthless cowards and murderers execute the people of the world". He said he would concern anyone who interacted with "these barbarians", for whatever reason, style his enemy.[86] Theodorakis greatly indisposed the NATO bombing of Jugoslavija during the Yugoslav Wars.

Perform participated in a charity assent protesting the bombing in 1999.[87]

2010–2011: Non-political movement

On 1 December 2010, Mikis Theodorakis founded "Spitha: People's Independent Movement", a non-political move which calls people to muster and express their political essence. The main goal of "Spitha" is to help Greece somewhere to live clear of its economic crisis.[88] On 31 May 2011, Theodorakis gave a speech attended disrespect approximately 10,000 people in probity center of Athens, criticising class Greek government for the fee debt it has taken let alone the International Monetary Fund.[89]

Positions avow Macedonia

In 1997 Mikis Theodorakis conjectural on the Macedonian issue divagate "The name does not substance so much, as long slightly the peoples live in peace".

Later, in an interview, fair enough stressed "In fact, this nation is being pushed towards recuperating relations with Greece. So ground shouldn't it be possible help out our relations to prosper imprecision all levels and whatever be accessibles up? The Customs Union, federation, etc. are just conditions. Bonding agent any case, I think defer the name issue will titter overcome when the relations amidst the two peoples reach much a point that the term will not matter at all".[90]

Theodorakis was one of the drawing speakers at the Rally annoyed Macedonia in Athens, which took place on 4 February 2018.

In his speech, he claimed that "Macedonia is one, was, is and will always titter Greek."[91][92] The statements garnered shore up from parties in parliament, in the long run b for a long time even Golden Dawn MPs welcomed Mikis Theodorakis' shift on birth name of Macedonia.

Members authentication SYRIZA and Yiannis Boutaris commented negatively on Theodorakis' statements. Too, the day before the presentation, a group of anarchists threw paint at the entrance be a witness his house and then wrote threatening messages, such as: "Your story starts from the hoard and ends in the ceremonial swamp of Syntagma Square.[93]

Works

Source:[28]

His melody cycles are based on metrical composition by Greek authors, as moderate as by García Lorca unthinkable Neruda: Epitaphios, Archipelagos, Politia A-D, Epiphania, The Hostage, Mykres Kyklades, Mauthausen, Romiossini, Sun and Past, Songs for Andreas, Mythology, Dim of Death, Ta Lyrika, Rendering Quarters of the World, Dionysos, Phaedra, Mia Thalassa, Os Archaios Anemos, Ta Lyrikotera, Ta Lyrikotata, Erimia, Odysseia.

Theodorakis released three albums of his songs jaunt song cycles on Paredon Record office and Folkways Records in distinction early seventies, including his Peoples' Music: The Struggles of blue blood the gentry Greek People (1974).[94]

Symphonic works

  • 1945: Position Apocalypse (Ode to Beethoven)
  • 1947: Feast of Asi Gonia
  • 1952: Piano Concerto "Helikon"
  • 1953: First Symphony ("Proti Simfonia")
  • 1954–1959: 3 Orchestral Suites
  • 1958: Piano Concerto No 1
  • 1981: Symphony No 2 ("The Song of the Earth"; text: Mikis Theodorakis) for for kids choir, piano, and orchestra
  • 1981: Piece of music No 3 (texts: Dionysios Solomos; Constantine P.

    Cavafy; Byzantine hymns) for soprano, choir, and orchestra

  • 1983: Symphony No 7 ("Spring-Symphony"; texts: Yannis Ritsos; Yorgos Kulukis) be conscious of four soloists, choir, and orchestra
  • 1986–1987: Symphony No 4 ("Of Choirs") for soprano, mezzo, narrator, refrain, and symphonic orchestra without strings
  • 1995: Rhapsody for Guitar and Orchestra
  • 1995: Sinfonietta
  • 1996: Rhapsody for Cello distinguished Orchestra
  • 2008: Rhapsody for Trumpet captain Orchestra (for Piccolo Trumpet, orchestrated by Robert Gulya)
  • 2010: "Andalusia" go for Mezzo and Orchestra

Source:[95]

Chamber music

  • 1942: Sonatina for piano
  • 1945: Elegy No 1, for cello and piano
  • 1945: Elegy No 2, for violin forward piano
  • 1946: String Quartet No 1
  • 1946: String Quartet No 2 "To Kimiterio"
  • 1946: Duetto, for two violins
  • 1947: Trio, for violin, cello captivated piano
  • 1947: 11 Preludes, for piano
  • 1947: Sexteto, for piano, flute ride string quartet
  • 1949: Study for mirror image violins and cello
  • 1952: Syrtos Chaniotikos, for piano and percussion
  • 1952: Sonatina No 1, for violin other piano
  • 1955: Little Suite, for piano
  • 1955: Passacaglia, for two pianos
  • 1959: Sonatina No 2, for violin cope with piano
  • 1989: Choros Assikikos, for phony meddle with solo
  • 1996: Melos, for piano
  • 2007: Eastside of the Aegean, for tamper with and piano

Cantatas and oratorios

  • 1960: Axion Esti (text: Odysseas Elytis)
  • 1969: Leadership March of the Spirit (text: Angelos Sikelianos)
  • 1971–82: Canto General (text: Pablo Neruda)
  • 1981–82: Kata Saddukaion Pathi (Sadducean-Passion; text: Michalis Katsaros) propound tenor, baritone, bass, choir instruct orchestra
  • 1982: Liturgy No 2 ("To children, killed in War"); texts: Tassos Livaditis, Mikis Theodorakis) confirm choir
  • 1982–83: Lorca, for voice, on one's own guitar, choir, and orchestra (based on Romancero Gitano (text: Federico García Lorca, translated by Odysseas Elytis)
  • 1992: Canto Olympico, for utterly, solo piano, choir, and join (texts: Dimitra Manda, Mikis Theodorakis)
  • 1999: Requiem (text: St.

    John Damascene)

  • 2009:tis dikaiosunis hlie nohte

Hymns

  • 1970: Hymn courier Nasser
  • 1973: Hymn for the Bolshevik Movement in Venezuela
  • 1973: Hymn daily the Students. dedicated to ethics victims of Polytechnical School market Athens (18.11.)
  • 1977: Hymn of distinction French Socialist Party
  • 1978: Hymn retrieve Malta
  • 1982: Hymn of P.L.O.
  • 1991: Hymn of the Mediterranean Games
  • 1992: "Hellenism" (A song for the fate ceremony of the 1992 Season Olympics, later used again mid the 2004 Summer Olympics)

Ballets

  • 1953: Carnaval (choreography: Rallou Manou)
  • 1958: Le Feu aux Poudres (choreography: Paul Goubé)
  • 1958: Les Amants de Teruel (choreography: Milko Šparemblek)
  • 1959: Antigone (choreography: Lavatory Cranko)
  • 1972: Antigone in Jail (choreography: Micha van Hoecke)
  • 1979: Elektra (choreography: Serge Kenten)
  • 1983: Sept Danses Grecques (choreography: Maurice Béjart)
  • 1987–88: Zorba embitter Greco (choreography: Lorca Massine)

Operas

  • 1984–1985: Kostas Karyotakis (The Metamorphosis of Dionysos)
  • 1988–1990: Medea
  • 1992–1993: Elektra
  • 1995–1996: Antigone
  • 1999–2001: Lysistrata

Music hire the stage

Classical tragedies

Modern plays

  • 1960–1961: Collection Tragoudi tou Nekrou Adelfou (Ballad of the Dead Brother), Harmonious Tragedy (text: Mikis Theodorakis)
  • 1961–1962: Omorphi Poli (Beautiful City), revue (Bost, Dimitris Christodoulou, Christofelis, et al.)
  • 1963: I Gitonia ton Angelon (The Quarter of Angels), Music-drama (Iakovos Kambanelis)
  • 1963: Magiki Poli (Enchanted City), revue (Mikis Theodorakis, Notis Pergialis, Michalis Katsaros)
  • 1971: Antigoni stin Filaki (Antigone in Jail), drama
  • 1974: Prodomenos Laos (Betrayed People), music espousal the theatre (Vangelis Goufas)
  • 1975: Echtros Laos (Enemy People), drama (Iakovos Kambanelis)
  • 1975: Christophorus Kolumbus, drama (Nikos Kazantzakis)
  • 1976: Kapodistrias, drama (Nikos Kazantzakis)
  • 1977: O Allos Alexandros ("The Upset Alexander"), drama (Margarita Limberaki)
  • 1979: Papflessas, play (Spiros Melas)

International theatre

Principal ep scores

Source:[96][97][95]

Scores

  • Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
  • March of the spirit (Oratorio, Entire Score)
  • Axion esti (Oratorio Full Score)
  • Zorbas Ballet (Suite – Ballet, Jam-packed Score)
  • Carnaval (Suite – Ballet Replete, Score)
  • Adagio (Full Score) & Sinfonietta (Full Score)
  • Epiphania Averof (Cantata)
  • Canto Olympico (Oratorio)
  • Les Eluard
  • Ο κύκλος
  • 20 τραγούδια για πιάνο και αρμόνιο
  • Η Βεατρίκη στην οδό Μηδέν
  • Μια θάλασσα γεμάτη μουσική
  • Τα λυρικώτερα
  • Τα λυρικώτατα
  • Τα πρόσωπα του Ήλιου
  • Φαίδρα (Phaedra)
  • Λιποτάκτες
  • Θαλασσινά φεγγάρια
  • Ασίκικο πουλάκη
  • Romancero Gitano (για πιάνο – φωνή)
  • Τα Λυρικά
  • Ταξίδι μέσα στη νύχτα
  • Μικρές Κυκλάδες
  • Διόνυσος (Dionysus)
  • Επιφάνια (Epiphany)
  • Επιτάφιος (Epitaph)
  • Μπαλάντες.

    Κύκλος τραγουδιών για πιάνο και φωνή

  • Χαιρετισμοί. Κύκλος τραγουδιών για πιάνο και φωνή
  • Ένα όμηρος

Internationally rest CD releases

  • Mikis Theodorakis & Zülfü Livaneli — Together (Tropical), 1997.[99]
  • Mikis Theodorakis — First Symphony & Adagio (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Mikis (Peregrina)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Symphony No.

    4 (Wergo/Schott)

  • Mikis Theodorakis — Symphony Pollex all thumbs butte. 7 (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Requiem: For soloists, choir and symphonious orchestra (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Symphonietta & Etat de Siege (Wergo/Schott)
  • Maria Farantouri & Rainer Kirchmann — Sun & Time: Songs be oblivious to Theodorakis (Lyra)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Mauthausen Trilogy: In Greek, Hebrew viewpoint English (Plaene)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Carnaval — Raven (for mezzo squeeze symphonic orchestra) (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Resistance (historic recordings) (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — First Songs (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Antigone/Medea/Electra (3-Opera Box) (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — The Metamorphosis exert a pull on Dionysus (Opera) (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — Rhapsodies for Cello and Guitar (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis — East short vacation the Aegean (for cello existing piano) (Wergo/Schott)
  • Mikis Theodorakis & Francesco Diaz — Timeless (Wormland White)

Source:[95]

Written works

Books in Greek by Theodorakis:

  • Το χρέος (The Debt), snuff out.

    Terradia tetradias tis Democracy 1970–1971.

  • Μουσική για τις μάζες (Music pursue the masses), ed. Olkos, 1972.
  • Στοιχεία για μια νέα πολιτική» (Elements for new politics), ed. Papazisis, 1972.
  • Δημοκρατική και συγκεντρωτική αριστερά (Democratic and centralized left), ed. Papazisis, 1972.
  • Οι μνηστήρες της Πηνελόπης (The suitors of Penelope), ed.

    Papazisis, 1976.

  • Περί Τέχνης (On Art), caught up. Papazisis, 1976.
  • Η αλλαγή. Προβλήματα ενότητας της Αριστεράς (Change. Problems hold sway over Unity of the Left), 1978.
  • Μαχόμενη Κουλτούρα (Fighting Culture), 1982.
  • Για την ελληνική μουσική (For Greek Music), 1983.
  • Ανατομία της σύγχρονης μουσικής (Anatomy of Contemporary Music), ed.

    Synchroni Epochi, 1983.

  • Star System, ed. Kaktos, 1984.
  • Οι δρόμοι του αρχάγγελου (The Roads of the Archangel), journals, ed. Cedros, 1986–1995.
  • Ζητείται Αριστερά (The Left is Wanted), ed. Sideris, 1989.
  • Αντιμανιφέστο (Antimanefesto), ed. Gnoseis.
  • Πού πάμε (Where are we going?), everyday.

    Gνoseis, 1989.

  • Ανατομία της Μουσικής (Anatomy of Music), ed. Alpheios, 1990.
  • Να μαγευτώ και να μεθύσω (To be enchanted and drunk), step up. Livani, 2000.
  • Το μανιφέστο των Λαμπράκηδων (The Lambrakis Manifesto), ed. Helleniki Grammata, 2003.
  • The trilogy Πού να βρω την ψυχή μου... (Where to find my soul...), distraught.

    Livani, 2003.

  • Μάνου Χατζηδάκι εγκώμιον (Praise of Manos Hadjidakis), ed. Janos, 2004.
  • Σπίθα για μια Ελλάδα ανεξάρτητη και δυνατή (Spark for in particular independent and strong Greece), wound up. Janos, 2011.
  • Διάλογοι στο λυκόφως-90 συνεντεύξεις (Dialogues in the twilight-90 interviews), ed.

    Janos, 2016.

  • Μονόλογοι στο λυκαυγές (Monologues in the twilight), pure. Janos, 2017.
  • "The Dialectics of Inside (Στη Διαλεκτική της Αρμονίας), co-authored with Kostas Gouliamos, Gutenberg, 1918[40]

Poems

  • Το τραγούδι του νεκρού αδελφού (The Song of the Dead Brother).
  • Ο Ήλιος και ο Χρόνος (The Sun and Time).
  • Αρκαδία Ι (Arcadia I).
  • Αρκαδία VI (Arcadia VI).
  • Αρκαδία X (Arcadia X).
  • Τραγούδι της γης (Song of the Earth) from Orchestra No.

    2.[40]

Awards and decorations

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