The term Ionian (or Heptanese) School of Music (
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: Επτανησιακή Σχολή, literally: "
Seven Islands' School") denotes the musical production of a group of
Heptanesian composers, whose heyday was from the early 19th century till approximately the 1950s. Conventionally, it is divided in two periods: the First Generation (Πρὠτη Γενιά) from 1815, till the end of the 1860s, and the Second Generation (Δεύτερη Γενιά) from 1871 and onwards. Prominent representatives of this genre include
Nikolaos Mantzaros
Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros (, ; , 26 October 1795 – 12 April 1872) was a Greek- Italian composer born in Corfu, major representative and founder of the so-called Ionian School of music (Επτανησιακή Σχολή).
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Spyridon Xyndas
Spyridon Xyndas or Spiridione Xinda ( el, Σπυρίδων Ξύνδας; June 8, 1812 – November 25, 1896) was a Greek composer and guitarist, whose last name has also been transliterated as "Xinta", "Xinda", "Xindas" and "Xyntas".
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Spyridon Samaras
Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras (also Spyros, Spiro Samára; el, Σπυρίδων Σαμάρας) () was a Greek composer particularly admired for his operas who was part of the generation of composers that heralded the works of Giacomo Puccini. His co ...
and
Pavlos Carrer
Pavlos Carrer (also Paolo Carrer; el, Παύλος Καρρέρ; 12 May 1829 – 7 June 1896) was a Greek composer, one of the leaders of the Ionian art music school and the first to create national operas and national songs on Greek plots, Gr ...
.
Other composers include
Dionysius Rodotheatos,
Iosif Liveralis,
Antonios Liveralis,
Georgios Lambiris,
Iosif Kaisaris,
Spyridon Kaisaris,
Dionysios Lavrangas,
Eleni Lambiri and later
Dionysios Visvardis.
The Music Museum of the
Philharmonic Society of Corfu has in its collections several scores by these and other 19th and 20th century Ionian composers.
History
The major inspiration for the Ionian School was considered to be the
Italian musical tradition. However, as late as the 1820s composers from Ionian Islands succeeded in shaping their own path towards 'national music' initially by using the Greek vernacular language, and later by incorporating folklore elements both from the local tradition and from that of mainland Greece.
Gallery
Image:XyndasAnnaWinter.JPG, The first page of "Quinteto Finale" from Act III of the opera ''Anna Winter'' by Xyndas (composer's autograph). It is exhibited in the Museum of the Philharmonic Society of Corfu
File:Georgios Lampiris.JPG, Georgios Lambiris
File:Dionysios Lavrangas 1900.jpg, Dionysios Lavrangas
File:Iosif Liveralis.jpg, Iosif Liberalis
File:Carrer Anthos ke Avgoula.jpg, First page of Karrer Karrer is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Annie May Hurd Karrer (1893–?), American plant physiologist
* Chris Karrer(born 1947), German guitarist and composer
* Felix Karrer (1825–1903), Austrian geologist
* Josef Karrer (bor ...
's song "Anthos kai Avgoula"
See also
*
Music of the Ionian Islands, the folk music of the islands
Bibliography
* ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', London 2001,
* Stanley I. Sadie: ''The New Grove dictionary of Opera'', London 1992,
* Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', München und Kassel 1989,
* Xepapadakou, Avra (2013)
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