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Yannis Constantinidis was the last of the handful of composers referred to collectively as the Greek National School. The members of this group strove to create a distinctive national style for Greece, founded upon a synthesis of Western compositional idioms with melodic, rhyhmic, and modal features of their local folk

Yannis Constantinidis was the last of the handful of composers referred to collectively as the Greek National School. The members of this group strove to create a distinctive national style for Greece, founded upon a synthesis of Western compositional idioms with melodic, rhyhmic, and modal features of their local folk traditions. Constantinidis particularly looked to the folk melodies of his native Asia Minor and the nearby Dodecanese Islands. His musical output includes operettas, musical comedies, orchestral works, chamber and vocal music, and much piano music, all of which draws upon folk repertories for thematic material. The present essay examines how he incorporates this thematic material in his piano compositions, written between 1943 and 1971, with a special focus on the 22 Songs and Dances from the Dodecanese. In general, Constantinidis's pianistic style is expressed through miniature pieces in which the folk tunes are presented mostly intact, but embedded in accompaniment based in early twentieth-century modal harmony. Following the dictates of the founding members of the Greek National School, Manolis Kalomiris and Georgios Lambelet, the modal basis of his harmonic vocabulary is firmly rooted in the characteristics of the most common modes of Greek folk music. A close study of his 22 Songs and Dances from the Dodecanese not only offers a valuable insight into his harmonic imagination, but also demonstrates how he subtly adapts his source melodies. This work also reveals his care in creating a musical expression of the words of the original folk songs, even in purely instrumental compositon.
ContributorsSavvidou, Dina (Author) / Hamilton, Robert (Thesis advisor) / Little, Bliss (Committee member) / Meir, Baruch (Committee member) / Thompson, Janice M (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2011
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This paper describes six representative works by twentieth-century Chinese composers: Jian-Zhong Wang, Er-Yao Lin, Yi-Qiang Sun, Pei-Xun Chen, Ying-Hai Li, and Yi Chen, which are recorded by the author on the CD. The six pieces selected for the CD all exemplify traits of Nationalism, with or without Western influences. Of

This paper describes six representative works by twentieth-century Chinese composers: Jian-Zhong Wang, Er-Yao Lin, Yi-Qiang Sun, Pei-Xun Chen, Ying-Hai Li, and Yi Chen, which are recorded by the author on the CD. The six pieces selected for the CD all exemplify traits of Nationalism, with or without Western influences. Of the six works on the CD, two are transcriptions of the Han Chinese folk-like songs, one is a composition in the style of the Uyghur folk music, two are transcriptions of traditional Chinese instrumental music dating back to the eighteenth century, and one is an original composition in a contemporary style using folk materials. Two of the composers, who studied in the United States, were strongly influenced by Western compositional style. The other four, who did not study abroad, retained traditional Chinese style in their compositions. The pianistic level of difficulty in these six pieces varies from intermediate to advanced level. This paper includes biographical information for the six composers, background information on the compositions, and a brief analysis of each work. The author was exposed to these six pieces growing up, always believing that they are beautiful and deserve to be appreciated. When the author came to the United States for her studies, she realized that Chinese compositions, including these six pieces, were not sufficiently known to her peers. This recording and paper are offered in the hopes of promoting a wider familiarity with Chinese music and culture.
ContributorsLuo, Yali, D.M.A (Author) / Hamilton, Robert (Thesis advisor) / Campbell, Andrew (Committee member) / Pagano, Caio (Committee member) / Cosand, Walter (Committee member) / Rogers, Rodney (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2012
ContributorsBryan, Karen (Speaker) / Meir, Baruch (Performer) / Campbell, Andrew (Pianist) (Performer) / Cosand, Walter, 1950- (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2006-03-29
ContributorsKudlik, Yanina (Performer) / Bae, Solim (Performer) / Hamilton, Robert, 1937- (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2005-10-20
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2001-10-19
ContributorsFennig, Andria (Performer) / Hanaoka, Katsunori (Performer) / Lee, Suzie (Performer) / Meir, Baruch (Performer) / Novak, Christina (Performer) / Tescarollo, Hamilton (Performer) / Williamson, Madeline J. (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1997-04-29
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2010-02-22
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2005-04-10
ContributorsHwang, Alice (Performer) / Cho, Joonghun (Performer) / Jiang, Xinzhe (Performer) / Joiner, Devon (Performer) / Hus, Ashley (Performer) / Ulianitsky, Ilia (Performer) / Cai, Chaoyin (Performer) / Levyatov, Yoni (Performer) / Kim, Sangyoung (Performer) / Marshall, Kimberly (Speaker) / Meir, Baruch (Speaker) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2008-01-12
ContributorsMeir, Baruch (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1998-04-05