Dimitri Mitropoulos’ Lonesome Passage to Modern Music
Dimitri Mitropoulos’ Lonesome Passage to Modern Music
Author(s): Yannis BelonisSubject(s): Music, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Muzikološki institut SANU
Keywords: Dimitris Mitropoulos; Nikos Skalkottas; Ferrucio Busoni; Passagaglia; Intermezzo e Fuga; Ostinata for violin and piano; Concerto Grosso;
Summary/Abstract: It is not widely known that Dimitri Mitropoulos’ first public appearances in Greece were as a composer. His early works (ca. 1912–1924), distinguished by the blend of elements of the late-romantic style with intensely impressionistic references, reflect the search for a personal, ‘advanced’ harmonic musical language. In his works written after 1924, Mitropoulos abandons tonality and adopts more modern idioms of composition (atonality and 12-tone method). He is the first Greek composer to folow the modern musical tendencies of Europe, when music by Manolis Kalomiris and the other composers of the Greek National School was dominant in Greece.
Journal: Muzikologija
- Issue Year: 1/2008
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 45-54
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English