related works

Miniatures : for bass clarinet / Initiated and edited by Fie Schouten

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: cl-b

3 liederen : voor mezzosopraan en 10 instrumentalisten, 1984 / Dirk Dekker

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr-m fl(pic) ob(eh) cl fg h pf vl vla vc cb

zouhetfijnvindenalsjeietsvanjeliethoren : for female speakers, piano and ensemble / Piet-Jan van Rossum

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: rec cl trb pf gtr vn db perc

Twee Liederen : voor sopraan (of tenor) en 11 spelers / John Slangen, tekst Wiel Kusters

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: high fl ob cl fg h pf 2vl vla vc cb

composition

Melos hidiston : for voice, tenor recorder, viola, cello, double bass and piano, 1991 / Calliope Tsoupaki

Other authors:
Tsoupaki, Calliope (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Melos hidiston, as the title implies, is a piece based on two fragments from the Song of Songs, a love poem included in the Old Testament ascribed to Solomon. I use the text as it is in the first Greek translation of the O: the Greek letter for the numer 70. The title consits of the two words: melos that is a general word for melody, and hidiston, an adjective that means sweetest. So the literal translation of the title is melody sweetest. According to that the text is mostly set on melismatic melodies that are as well the most used musical element in the piece. - CALLIOPE TSOUPAKI