The Anoyanakis Catalogue

of the works of Manolis Kalomiris

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INTRODUCTION

The Catalogue of Works of Manolis Kalomiris contains, by category, a complete listing of the composer’s considerable oeuvre, which includes his published and unpublished compositions, as well as the various musico-pedagogical works.

In [the main body of] the Catalogue, a number of [mostly] older compositions (including completed and performed works, as well as unfinished ones), not considered representative [and therefore withdrawn] by the composer, have been omitted. These works are briefly mentioned at the end of the introductory note. The composer’s various reviews, articles, lectures, essays and personal memoirs are not entered.¹

In the Catalogue, vocal works (operas and other compositions for voice and / or narration) are followed by instrumental works (compositions for orchestra, concerti, chamber works, piano compositions and incidental music). Appearing last are the musico-pedagogical works.

In the detailed, chronological listing of the works [within each category], the place of composition has been omitted, Athens or Palio Faliro [the site of the composer’s home in the Athens suburb by the sea] always been assumed. These are two locations where most of the compositions were written; any other known place of composition is mentioned in the Notes.

As the composer ultimately abandoned his earlier use of opus numbers, they have also been omitted.²

For the preparation of the Catalogue, in addition to the manuscripts and published editions, the following sources have been used:

1. [Literary] works by the composer on musical subjects (articles, lectures, reviews, etc.)

2. His personal archives (including concert programs, unpublished [now published] memoirs, etc.)

3. The archives of the Athens Conservatory, the Hellenic Conservatory, the National Conservatory and the Theatrical Museum [all of Athens], which include concert programs, theatre programs, programs from various exhibitions, etc.)

4. Press sources (from newspapers, magazines, etc.)

5. Notes kept by the author of the Catalogue while studying the works together with the composer.

Titles and composition dates. In the Catalogue, the published works are listed under the titles of their respective editions, the unpublished ones retaining the title of the last revision. Many works, especially older ones, were revised two, three or even four times.

Each work has been assigned a composition date according to the year in which it was completed, a slash (/) separating it from the date(s) of the subsequent revision(s). Thus a date presented in the form 1915 / 1929 / 1940 signifies that a work completed in 1915 was first revised in 1929, and again in 1940.

The revisions primarily concern changes (sometimes minor, at other times fundamental) in the harmony and / or orchestration, and only secondarily, in the form, structure or other elements of the composition.

The dates of the composition listed in the Catalogue are those written by the composer at the end of each work. A few have been assigned to undated compositions [by the author of the Catalogue, according to his notes].

Orchestra. The Catalogue uses the standard method of reference: 3 3 3 2 – 4 3 3 1 which indicates 3 Flutes, 3 Oboes, 3 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 1 Tuba. The other instruments are listed separately. The woodwinds customarily required by the composer [with numerous exceptions] are as follows:

3 Flutes = 2 Flutes and 1 Piccolo

3 Oboes = 2 Oboes and 1 English Horn [incl. Oboe d’ Amore]

3 Clarinets = 2 Clarinets and 1 Bass [incl. Eb Clarinet]

3 Bassoons = 2 Bassoons and Contrabassoon

Durations. The timings mentioned in the Catalogue are relative and should be considered approximate, especially for the larger compositions, such as operas, symphonic works and chamber works. This is due mainly to the composer’s melismatic style and the frequent appearance of a “free rhythmic” type of melodic line, both of which allow for considerable variations in performance time. The composer himself, with very few exceptions, did not indicate metronomic markings.

The duration of the songs, either for solo voice or in choral settings, not listed in the Catalogue, the majority being, with very few exceptions, in the two to four minute range.

Timings are taken either from public performances of the works or from the recording archives of the National Broadcasting Foundation [the former EIR, in Athens, known today as the Greek-Television, ERT].

First performances. All the premieres mentioned in the Catalogue took place in Greece (Athens). Entered are, primarily, the first performance dates of the larger works (music dramas, symphonic compositions, etc.) which were of historic importance to the development and career of the composer.

Publications. Publications with the indication “A Publication of the Friends of Greek Music” were actually published by the composer himself, and are listed in the Catalogue as published by Manolis Kalomiris. Furthermore, under the general imprint of the Gaetanos firm appear the publications bearing the imprints “Stefanos Gaetanos” (father) or “Michael Gaetanos” (son) or simply “Gaetanos”, as they refer to the same company.

It should also be noted that the publications of Z[acharias] Makris (originally “Mystakidis, Efstathiadis and Makris”, later “Mystakidis and Makris”) were acquired and later reprinted by Gaetanos.

Not listed as separate publications are various works, usually songs, which appear in musico-pedagogigal works of other authors (for example, Athanasios Argyropoulos, Music Education, Athens, etc.).

The piano reductions of the larger works, such as music dramas, symphonies, etc., were made by the composer.

Works not listed in the main body of the Catalogue. Several works, mostly earlier ones, not considered representative by the composer [are mentioned here for completeness]:

Larger Works:

Scherzo for orchestra (Khar’kov, 1909). First performance: 12 March 1915,

Auditorium of the Athens Conservatory, conducted by the composer. Unpublished.

Nocturne for violin and orchestra. Unpublished.

The King Who Was Turned to Marble (O Marmaromenos Vasilias) for soprano, bass, mixed choir and orchestra. Unpublished.

Mavrianos and the King, music drama. Khar’kov, 1907-1908. Unfinished. One orchestra excerpt, The Entrance of the Slaves, was performed on 22 April 1911 in the Municipal Theatre of Athens, and was conducted by Filoktitis Ikonomidis. Two themes from Mavrianos and the King were later used for the Entry of Dame Destiny and the Song of the Loom in the music drama The Mother’s Ring (1917).

For piano:

Sonata (Khar’kov, 1909). First (?) performance: 25 January 1911, Auditorium of the Athens Conservatory. Performed by the composer. Unpublished.

Danse Fantastique (1910). First (?) performance: 25 January 1911, performed by the composer. Unpublished.

Menuet (1910). Unpublished.

Like a Dance in Zo minor ³ (Vienna, 1904 / Khar’kov, 1909). Unpublished.

Ballos (1922). Athens: Zacharias Makris, 1922.

Harmonizations of various folk dances from Epirus, Tsakonia, Kalamata, Ctere (Pentozalis) etc. Unpublished.

Songs:

Two Intermezzi for voice and orchestra (1943). Poems by Ioannis Gryparis. The second remains unfinished. Unpublished.

For my Sweet Fatherland for two voices, in folk style. First (?) performance:

25 January 1911, Auditorium of the Athens Conservatory. Unpublished.

The Song of the Field Marshal. Poem by Stefanos Dafnis. Athens: Mystakidis and Makris.

Prayer to the Virgin for choir and piano. Poem by Stefanos Martzokis. Unpublished (?)

Hail to Thee, Greece, for choir and orchestra. Poem by Miltiadis Malakasis. First performance: 3 March 1923, Olympia Theatre, [Athens], Orchestra and Choir of the Hellenic Conservatory, assisted by the [Greek] Military Bands conducted by Manolis Kalomiris.

Sousta. Folk dance. Harmonization by Manolis Kalomiris. Port Said: N. G. Mavris and E. A. Papadopoulos, 1928. In Dodecanesian Lyre, vol. I Kasiaki Lyra [“lyre from the island of Kasos”. This last entry is included in an addenda note to the Greek edition of the Catalogue].

It must also be noted, that on the cover of the composer’s older editions, works were announced which were planned but never realized:

Over the Rhodes (a symphonic drama)

First Meditation on the Acritic [Poem] Cycle (symphony)

From the Blind Man’s Songs (songs)

Pieces for small orchestra, etc.

Miscellaneous:

The words of the Gypsy for narrator, soloists, choir and orchestra. From The Dodecalogue of the Gypsy, [poem cycle] by Kostis Palamas. Just a few pages of the score exist, apparently only the beginning. These sketches, of which the composer had often spoken, must date from the period prior to the composition of Konstantinos Paleologos in 1958.

The Birth of Digenis. Only the leitmotifs exist, probably sketched in 1961, after the completion of Konstantinos Paleologos. These were found after the composer’s death on the desk of his Palio Faliro home (without any other indication of the work’s form), together with the beginning of a new version of The Symphony of the Simple and Good People.

The Catalogue of Works of Manolis Kalomiris lists by the following categories: ⁴

5 Operas

5 Works for voice and orchestra

1 Work for voice, choir and orchestra

1 Work for narrator, soloists and orchestra

3 Works for narrator and orchestra

11 Songs for voice and piano (cycles)

11 Separate songs

2 Works for voice and instrumental ensemble

17 Choral works

9 Works for orchestra (Not included are: the [First] Piano Rhapsody ,

orchestrated by Gabriel Pierne, and the suite from the opera The Mother’s Ring.)

2 Concerti

4 Works of chamber music

11 Works for piano

5 Works of incidental music

11 Musico-pedagogical works

Fivos Anoyanakis

Athens, 1964

Notes

1. Portions of the memoirs have since been published, in Greek, on the occasion of the composer’s centennial. Καλομοίρης, Μανώλης, Η Ζωή μου και η Τέχνη μου (απομνημονεύματα 1883-1908). Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού & Επιστημών. Σύλλογος «Μανώλης Καλομοίρης», Αθήνα 1983. (Kalomiris Manolis, My Life and My Art: memoirs from 1883-1908. Athens: Published by [The Greek] Ministry of Culture and Science, together with the Manolis Kalomiris Society, 1983).

2. His use of opus numbers continued at least until the Symphonic Concerto for piano and orchestra, op.30 (1935) and possibly further.

3. Zo minor: an allusion by the composer to the Byzantine modes (echoi), which have no exact equivalents in Western music. As the manuscript could not be located, it is impossible to determine the intent of the composer in giving the Western concept of minor to a Byzantine scale.

4. The Greek edition of the Catalogue gives the oft-quoted total of 222 compositions and 14 musico-pedagogical works. These numbers reflect the counting of individual songs (in cycles, etc.) as separate works, and have, therefore, been omitted from the English edition. The numbers given here represent only complete works.

Addenda:

George Leotsakos also provides the following information taken from the writings of Christos Sokratis Solomonidis, concerning various projects and other compositions mentioned by Kalomiris (presumably lost), and not included in the Greek edition of the Catalogue.

“Solomonidis, in his book Smyrnei Akadimaiki: Ioakimoglou – Kalomiris – Seferiadis, Athens 1966, mentions (pp. 64-65, 98-101) a few more titles of works. At least one of these seems to have occupied Kalomiris for some time:

1) Amaryllis, based on the three-act play by the same title of Smyrnean poet Alekos Fotiadis (1870-1943). Kalomiris undertook to set it to music during a visit to Smyrna in 1911. According to the local magazine Anatoli (January, 1912) the composition was well under way at that time and was intended to be staged in Athens ‘possibly before Easter’. Solomonidis, however, in a much earlier book of his, To Theatro sti Smyrni [Theatre in Smyrna] (1657-1922), Athens, 1954, states (p. 325) enigmatically that Fotiadis had written ‘the prologue (prelude) of the pastoral fantasy Amaryllis which was set to music by Kalomiris and produced on the stage.”

2) A set (also of 1911-12?) of Hymn to Ephesus by poet Michail Arghyropoulos.

3) “Foreign songs” (sic!) by Heine, Shakespeare and Hugo. In these “foreign songs” Solomonidis also includes the opera Ta Xotika Nera. Therefore it seems reasonable to assume that “Shakespeare” may refer to the incidental music for Macbeth (1926) while “Hugo” to the piano Ballada no 1, after Hugo’s En mer, les hardis ecumeurs. As for Heine, see note no. 36.

4) A setting to music of Oscar Wilde’s A Florentine Tragedy had only been a temporary project which Kalomiris quickly abandoned.

Finally Solomonidis (Smyrnei Akadimaiki, op. cit. pp. 99-101), apparently using the Greek edition of the present Catalogue, also compiled an alphabetical list of most of the poets and writers whose texts were set to music by Kalomiris. Such a list may perhaps be useful to some scholars.”

George Leotsakos

Ο Ρ E R Α S

Ι. ΤΗΕ MASTER BUILDER (Ο PROTOMASTORAS) ^l

Music tragedy in two acts with Intermezzo.

Libretto adapted from Nikos Kazantzakis’ tragedy of the same title.¹

1915/1929/1940.²

Cast:

Protomastoras Tenor

Smaragda Soprano

Minstrel Soprano

Mother Alto

The Lord Baritone

An Old Man Bass

Orchestra: 3 3 4 3 - 4 4 3 1 - Τympani, Percussion, 2 Harps, Strings, and 6 Trumpets on the stage.

Double mixed choir and ballet.

Duration: 3: 15’.

First Performance: 11 March 1916

Municipal Theatre, Athens

Greek Music Theatre Company

Directed by Apostolos Kontaratos

Conducted by Manolis Kalomiris

Stage direction by Miltiadis Lidorikis ³

Sets by Walter Fürst

Choreography by Elsa Enkel

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, 1917 (piano/vocal score).

Athens: Gaetanos, 1940 ⁴ (piano/vocal score).

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, 1962 (the Minstrel’s aria [from Act Ι] The Lowly House).

2. ΤΗΕ MOTHER’S RING (ΤΟ DAKHTYLIDI ΤIS MANAS) ^{5 l}

Music drama in three acts from the drama by Yannis Kambysis.⁶

Lyrics by Agnis Orfikos.⁷

1917/1939.⁸

Cast:

Mother (Old woman in .Act ΙΙ) Mezzo-soprano

Yannakis Tenor

Sotiris Baritone

Erofili (Fairy [queen] in Act II) Soprano

Kyriakos Bass

Dame Destiny Soprano

[Her] Slave girl Soprano

Orchestra: 3 3 3 2 - 4 3 3 1 - Tympani, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Carillon, Harp, Celesta, Xylophone, Strings.

Mixed choir and ballet.

Duration: 3:00’.

First Performance: 8 December 1917

Municipal Theatre, Athens

New Musical Company of Elli Afentaki

Conducted by Manolis Kalomiris

Directed by Spyros Trihas ⁹

Choir master: Ilias Priftis

Sets by Ioannis Ampelas

Choreography by Εlνira Weil ¹⁰

Athens: Gaetanos, 1937 (piano/vocal score).

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, 1962 (Υannakis’ aria [from Act III] My Eyes Are Closing).

3. SUNRISE (ANATOLI) ^l

Musical fairy tale in two acts with Intermezzo.

Libretto adapted by the composer from the one act play by Yannis Kambysis.¹¹

1945/1948.¹²

Cast:

Maro Soprano

The Prince Who Was Turned to Marble Tenor

Lamia, the Tower Ogre Bass

Arapina [a black woman] Mezzo-soprano

The Queen of the White Islands Soprano

The Blind King Baritone

First Corsair Tenor

Second Corsair Tenor

Third Corsair Baritone

Fourth Corsair Bass

Orchestra: 4 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - Tympani, Percussion, Harp, Celesta, Strings.

Mixed choir and ballet.

Duration: 1:15’.

First Performance: 18 December 1945

Olympia Theatre, Athens

National Opera of Greece *

Conducted by Leonidas Zoras

Directed by Renato Mordo

Choir master: Μihalis Vourtsis

Choreography by Angelos Grimanis

Sets and costumes by Yorgos Anemoyannis

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, 1953 (piano/vocal score).

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, 1962 (Maro’s aria [from Act 1] Ah, How Slowly Pass the Hours, and the Intermezzo for piano solo).

* Formerly known as the National Lyric Theatre: Ethniki Lyriki Skini.

4. ΤΗΕ SHADOWY WATERS (ΤΑ ΧΟΤIKA NERA) ^l

Musical dramatic poem in one act with prologue. Based on the dramatic poem by William Butler Yeats.¹³ Free translation by Veta Pesopoulou. Adaptation for the stage by Manolis Kalomiris.

1950/1952.¹⁴

Cast:

Forgael Tenor

Dectora Soprano

Aibric Baritone

First Sailor Bass

Second Sailor Tenor

Third Sailor Bass

Prologue Mezzo-soprano

First Bird (sung from the orchestra pit) Soprano

Second Bird (sung from the orchestra pit) Mezzo-soprano

Orchestra: 3 3 3 3 - 4 4 3 1 - Tympani, Percussion, 2 Harps, Celesta, Strings.

Mixed choir.

Duration: 1:10'.

First Performance: 4 January 1951

Olympia Theatre, Athens

National Opera of Greece

Conducted by Alec Sherman

Directed by Pelos Katselis

Choir master: Mihalis Vourtsis

Sets by Kleovoulos Klonis

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, 1951 (piano/vocal score).

5. ΚΟΝSΤΑΝΤIΝΟS ΡΑLEOLOGOS ^l

ΤΗΕΥ ΤΟΟΚ ΤΗΕ CITY (ΡΙRAN ΤIΝ ΡΟLI)

Musical legend-tragedy in three acts based on the tragedy of Nikos Kazantzakis.¹⁵

1961.¹⁶

Cast:

First Night Watchman Bass

The Palace Sentry Tenor

Second Night Watchman Tenor

Third Night Watchman Tenor

Fourth Night Watchman Baritone

First Old Man (Protogeros) Bass

Second Old Man Baritone

Third Old Man Tenor

Grand Duke Notaras Bass

Α Young Monk Soprano

The Lord Karystinos Baritone

Α Firewalker Character tenor

Warrior Bass

Nurse Mezzo-soprano

Bath Attendant Comic tenor

Sentry Baritone

First, Second, Third Witch 2 Sopranos, 1 Mezzo-soprano

First, Second, Third Astrologer Bass, Tenor, Soprano ¹⁷

First, Second, Third Monk ¹⁸ 3 Basses

Anna (The Virgin's voice in Act Ι) Soprano

Konstantinos Tenor

Frantzis Baritone

Captain Harkoutsis Baritone

Abbot Bass

The Voice Tenor

Celebrant Tenor

Deacon Baritone

Orchestra: 3 3 4 3 - 8 4 4 1 - Tympani, Percussion, 2 Harps, Celesta,

Xylophone, Carillon, Small Drums, Strings (l6 l4 Ι2 10 8).¹⁹

Behind the stage: Glockenspiel, Piano, Tam-tam, Bass drum, Davouli [a type of drum], Oboe d'amore (or English horn).

Large mixed choir and children's choir.

Duration: 3:30'.

First Performance: 12 August 1962

Herod Atticus Theatre, Athens

National Opera of Greece

Conducted by Andreas Paridis

Directed by Frixos Theologidis

Choir master: Mihalis Vourtsis

Sets and costumes by Yannis Stefanelis

Athens: Published by the National Opera of Greece, 1961 (piano/vocal score). Copyright by the composer.

WORKS FOR VOICE AND ORCHESTRA

1. IAMBS AND ANAPAESTS

PART II– MAGIC HERBS (MAGIOVOTANA) ^l

Poems by Kostis Palamas.^l

Prelude* (1914)

1. A Fay Gave Me Birth (1912)

2. Old Mother Life (1908)^20l

3. The Prince Waited Ready (1912)

4. The Black Ogress (1905/1912)^21l

5. Menelaos Leaps Forward (1912)

6. From Distant Kingdoms (1912)

7. Son of Hamko (1912) ^l

8. Digenis Akritas (1912) ^l

Orchestra: 2[2]2 2 – 4 4 3 1 – Tympani, Percussion, 2 Harps, Strings.

First Performance: 12 March 1915 [with orchestra]²²

Auditorium of the Athens Conservatory

Conducted by Manolis Kalomiris

Soloist: Irene Skepers

Athens: Manolis Kalomiris, (Mousiki edition), 1914, (reduction for voice and piano).

Paris: Maurice Senart, 1927.

Athens: Gaetanos (only the songs A Fay Gave Me Birth and Old Mother Life).

* The Prelude appears under No.1 in the Greek edition of the Catalogue

2. THE PEDDLER (O PRAMATEFTIS) ^l

Symphonic poem for voice and orchestra.

Poem by Ioannis Gryparis. ^l

1920/1924.

Orchestra: 3 3 3 2 – 4 3 3 1 – Tympani, Percussion, Carillon, 2 Harps, Celesta, Strings.

Duration: 12’.

First Performance: 11 February 1921

Auditorium of the Hellenic Conservatory, Athens

Soloist: Marika Kalfopoulou (with piano accompaniment)

Athens: Gaetanos (reduction for voice and piano).

3. IAMBS AND ANAPAESTS

PART 1 – I LOVE YOU (S’ AGAPO)

Poems by Kostis Palamas.

1. Prelude – Joining Anapaests to lambs

2. I Love You Like a Brave Song (1918/1925/1943)

3. Igisso (1922/1943) ^l

4. Two Little Eyes (1922-1943)

5. The Woman’s Eyes (1924/1943)

6. Handsome Boy – O My Children, My Loves (1925/1943)

7. Unearthing Them from Somewhere Below (1925/1943)

8. In the Gorges of Arna (1918/1925/1943) ^l

Orchestra: 3 3 3 2 – 4 3 3 1 – Tympani, Percussion, Harp, Celesta, Strings.

First Performace: 4 April 1925

Olympia Theatre, Athens

Orchestra of the Hellenic Conservatory

Conducted by Manolis Kalomiris

Soloists: Marika Kalfopoulou, Kimon Triantafyllou²³

Paris: Maurice Senart, 1929 (arrangement for solo voice, violin and piano).

4. FROM THE LYRIC POEMS (LYRIKA) OF SIKELIANOS

Poems by Angelos Sikelianos. ^l

1. Anadyomeni (1936) ^l

2. The Virgin Mary of Sparta (1936)

3. First Autumn Rain (1937) ²⁴

Orchestra: 3 3 3 2 – 4 3 3 1 – Tympani, Percussion, 2 Harps, Glockenspiel, Carillon, Celesta, Strings.

First Performance: 24 May 1937

Olympia Theatre, Athens

Conducted by Leonidas Zoras

Soloists: Nafsica Frangia – Spiliopoulou, Klava Stamou, Frixos Theologidis

Unpublished.

Harmonizations of Folk Songs

5. VASILIKI COMMANDS^l

For voice and orchestra.

Unpublished.

WORKS FOR VOICE, CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA

1. BESIEGED, BUT FREE^l

INVOCATION

Poem by Dionysios Solomos.^l

1926.

First Perfomance: 23 April 1926

Kentrikon Theatre, Athens

The Army Band and the Choir of the Hellenic Conservatory

Conducted by Dionysios Lavrangas

Soloist: Fotini Skaramanga [dramatic soprano]

Unpublished.²⁵

WORKS FOR NARRATOR, SOLOISTS AND ORCHESTRA

1. FROM CAPTAIN LYRAS’ LIFE AND LONGINGS

Musical “Memoirs”.²⁶

Lyrics by Manolis Kalomiris.²⁷

PART I

1. Prelude – 2. Smyrna! – 3. Constantinople! – 4. Vienna! – 5. Russia! – 6. Athens! 7. Crete!