Marios Varvoglis (
Greek
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: Μάριος Βάρβογλης; 10 December 1885 – 30 July 1967) was a Greek
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Varvoglis was born in
Brussels
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. He studied music at the
Conservatoire de Paris
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and the
Schola Cantorum
The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private conservatory in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera.
History
La Schola was founded i ...
with
Leroux,
Georges Caussade Georges Paul Alphonse Emilien Caussade (20 November 1873 – 5 August 1936) was a French composer, music theorist, and music educator.
Biography
Born in Port Louis, Mauritius, he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de Paris in 1905 as a teac ...
,
d'Indy and others. He remained in
Montparnasse
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,
Paris
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until 1922 and he maintained close relations with artistic circles that included
Casella,
Ravel
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,
Varèse and
Modigliani, whose last painting was a portrait of Varvoglis. After 1920 he taught at the
Athens Conservatory and he became active as a music critic and conductor. He was persecuted for his liberal political views and he was imprisoned in a British concentration camp during the
Dekemvriana
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He died in
Athens
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.
Music
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Varvoglis' music belongs to the Greek national school, but was also influenced by the French style. His works include:
Stage
*''St. Barbara'' (1912)
*''The Afternoon of Love'' (1944)
*Long live Messolonghi, for solo English horn and strings (1933)
Incidental music
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*''
Agamemnon
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'' (
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
; 1932)
*''
The Persians
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'' (Aeschylus; 1934)
*''
The Birds'' (
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme
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; 1942)
*''
Medea
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'' (
Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian
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; 1942)
*''The Oath of the Dead'' (
Zacharias Papantoniou
Zacharias Papantoniou ( el, Ζαχαρίας Παπαντωνίου, ''Zacharias Papandoniou'') was a Greek writer. He was born in Karpenissi of Evrytania in February 1877 and died in Athens in 1940. He spent the first years of his life in Granit ...
; 1938)
Orchestral works
*''The Feast'' (1906–9)
*Pastoral suite for strings (1912)
*Capriccio (1914)
*Canon, Chorale and Fugue on
BACH
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(1930)
*Prelude, Chorale and Fugue on BACH (1937)
*Meditation for strings (1938)
*Laurels and Cypresses (1950)
*Symphonic poem ''Behind the Barbed Wire Fence'' (1945)
Chamber
*Doll's Serenade (1905)
*Pastoral Suite (1912)
*''Hommage a
César Franck
César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium.
He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...
'' (violin and piano; 1922)
*Trio for strings (1938)
*Piano Trio (1943)
*Prelude and Fugue on a Byzantine Theme (1953)
Piano
*''Children's Hour'', 14 pieces (1930)
*Greek Rhapsody (1922)
*Sonatina (1927)
Other
*songs
References
*''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''
1885 births
1967 deaths
Greek classical composers
Greek classical musicians
Greek conductors (music)
Male classical composers
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century male musicians
19th-century Greek musicians
20th-century Greek musicians
Greek National School
Musicians from Athens
Emigrants from Belgium to Greece
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