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WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)

Started this discussion. Last reply by Socrates Arvanitakis May 4. 3 Replies

Hi all,Orthodox Easter coming, as usual 1 week later than the Catholic one, and I'm still involved writing about the Easter 7 years ago, what it develops to be a very long cycle. When my song cycles…Continue

4 short autumnal valses for guitar solo

Started this discussion. Last reply by Socrates Arvanitakis May 20, 2018. 7 Replies

These four short pieces for solo guitar were originally planned to be six.  Well, when I leave something partly finished it's very hard for me to get back into the mood and complete it, but sometimes…Continue

MODULATION (up a tone starting with La Folia)

Started this discussion. Last reply by Em Coston Oct 3, 2018. 28 Replies

LA%20FOLIA%201.mp3…Continue

VARIATIONS ON A CELTIC AIR (Solo Harp)

Started this discussion. Last reply by Socrates Arvanitakis May 3, 2018. 8 Replies

The following is a set of variations for solo harp on a well-known Celtic tune. "Bonny at Morn", which I want to input as an instrumental prelude to a song cycle of erotic content, so the title in…Continue

 

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Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Gav Brown's discussion New Feature - Composers Talk
"Very fascinating to read through your interview and learn more about you Stephen! I kind of half-suspected your career  before I read it because I had one or two friends at college (Maria Grey in Twickenham) who later followed a music career in…"
May 19
Socrates Arvanitakis commented on Thomas Chase Jones's blog post Having connection to the Creative Pool.
"Like Gav, I am not sure what the question(s) is. I cannot agree that "what other people think" is one of the biggest road blocks. To me it is part and parcel of the whole affair and I'm rather grateful for it, if I claim that I…"
May 7
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Dane Aubrun's discussion Haiku setting (1'15")
"Hi Dane, I note a departure from the traditional 5-7-5 syllable haiku norm, which I cannot know if it is a result of the translation(? ) Was it with a different number of syllables in the original text? If yes, here we can have an example of how…"
May 4
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)
"Thank you very much, both Dane and Colin for your comments and appreciation.   Dane, I am slightly confused about the PDF of the score being available. I made only the video available (I was hoping). At the moment I am upgrading my site,…"
May 4
Colin Dougall replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)
"Hi Socrates I really enjoyed this - very well crafted, dramatic, and great melodies. I can appreciate the sentiment being expressed in the music but I have to say that this is not mirrored in the english language prose which, to my mind, is of…"
May 1
Dane Aubrun replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)
"I listened to this last night. It isn't a genre of music I empathise with but it's certainly a solid piece and brave of you to set that entire poem. The interplay between part-singing and instrumental phrases was clever, a sort of…"
May 1
Socrates Arvanitakis posted a discussion

WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)

Hi all,Orthodox Easter coming, as usual 1 week later than the Catholic one, and I'm still involved writing about the Easter 7 years ago, what it develops to be a very long cycle. When my song cycles begin to be very long I usually write an instrumental overture to prologue them, based on individual song themes from the cycle in question. In this instance I decided to make the overture vocal and to incorporate the first 2/3 songs in it. Any constructive criticism and observations are welcome. I…See More
Apr 26
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Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Keith Theodosiou's discussion So Blue (Guitar Instrumental)
"Very nice melody and chord sequence! Thanks for sharing."
Apr 20
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Scott Andrew Hutchins's discussion Specific goal in tricky time signature
"Makes perfect sense, Gregorio! 32/3 = 10,6667 semi quavers If we turn some of these demi-semis (or whatever) to 32nd note triplets and tie them to the rest (or untie them, as the case may be, I see no problem :-) )"
Nov 9, 2018
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Scott Andrew Hutchins's discussion Specific goal in tricky time signature
"Hi Scot. I just had a quick look through this thread and I note the problem and the advice given which I found quite helpful. Because in my life I write a lot of text + vocal music to go with it, I familiarised myself from a very early age with some…"
Nov 9, 2018
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Colin Dougall's discussion Musical analysis
"Thanks Colin, very interesting lecture! If we are living in today's musical world, we can miss such expositions only at our peril."
Nov 3, 2018
Em Coston replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion MODULATION (up a tone starting with La Folia)
"Hey Socrates. It's October now and I'm wondering when this thread will resume.  I also have a question I've been wondering about this summer that may make for  a god splinter topic: Are there any uniquely Greek approaches…"
Oct 3, 2018
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Bob Porter's discussion Socrates, I'm up for some good-natured debate.
"I copy-paste strait from Wikipedia's article on atonality: Mostly I agreed with all criticisms expressed. My own idea/suspicion is that it has served to camouflage a lot of bad music and lack of real compositional skill. Any music that has an…"
Sep 10, 2018
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Bob Porter's discussion Socrates, I'm up for some good-natured debate.
"Thanks for your thoughts< Michael! I only know a song called "Leventopetho" (brave guy) by Yiannis Papaioannou, I don’t know if we mean the same. It belongs to the rebetiko tradition (putting its death at about 1955). I played…"
Sep 8, 2018
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Bob Porter's discussion Socrates, I'm up for some good-natured debate.
"Hi Michael, I was too drunk to respond the previous two nights (not that I'm any different tonight, but anyway), I am also a London, Cypriot wedding gigging musician (in winter time only), but also a scholar of Zeibekiko rhythm, which I find…"
Sep 7, 2018
Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Bob Porter's discussion Socrates, I'm up for some good-natured debate.
"  Hi Bob, thanks for your thoughts. I agree up to a point with the musician/composer differentiation, as in every summer I'm trying to be an all-round gigging musician (including my music), but in winters I devote my time solely to…"
Sep 4, 2018

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What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other
What is your favorite genre or style of music?
Main stream, Jazz, traditional
Is music your main income source?
Yes!
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Greece and UK
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I studied at Middlesex University (BA) and London University (Mmus), composition and ethnomusicology.
I am a classical guitar player and I also play the bouzouki, mandolin, recorder, Cretan lute and a little the fiddle.
I am both a traditionalist and a modern composer.
I have composed various works (still in manuscript) and at the moment I write a lot of (tonal/modal songs) based on my own lyrics. It is those that I intend to submit for criticism and help in the first place and also I find some of the threads and discussions interesting and I would like to participate occasionally.
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http://www.helicon.gr/

2, 3, 4 STRING QUARTET no. 1

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The first of my completed string quartets. Serial techniques used throughout.

Quartetto%20Per%20Archi%20no.%201%20%20I-II-III.pdf

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REMEMBERING AN EASTER BALLADE

Posted on April 9, 2018 at 6:17am 0 Comments

LEMONIA PERFORCE<=> EDELTRAUD 2: THE BITCH =>AN EASTER TIME BALLADE =>ANY REBETIKO WILL DO…


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THE COLD AIR I INHALE

Posted on April 7, 2018 at 7:00pm 0 Comments

EDELTRAUD 3: THE PSYCHOBITCH=>BIG SOUTH WEATHER 2 =>EN PLO 2013/1=>LATENT PERCEPTION…





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ARE YOU A PASSING TOURIST?

Posted on April 6, 2018 at 8:04pm 2 Comments

LEMONIA => SUMMER BLAST 1 => ALL THAT BLUE…





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THE SEAMAN THAT I NEVER WAS

Posted on February 15, 2018 at 5:39am 0 Comments

Note: certain literary references are live links to wikipedia

“GECKO” Bar

MAKRY-YIALOS

Monday Afternoon

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At 10:52pm on September 23, 2014, michael diemer said…

Solstice was not intentionally composed as theme and variations, but I can see why you might think that. As for the other two, only Skating is up there yet. I'm going to rework that, and then revise the third movement, Late February. thanks for listening.

At 10:44am on September 20, 2014, michael diemer said…

Socrates, the music for Solstice is in my player on my page. you need to have Adobe Flash Player installed to run it.

At 8:45am on September 18, 2014, Gav Brown said…

Welcome Socrates!

 
 
 

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