composer
Calliope Tsoupaki was born on May 27, 1963, in Piraeus (Greece). She has been living in the Netherlands since 1988 and teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
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related works
Pirouette : for harp solo, 1997 / Calliope Tsoupaki
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
zang fl cl/cl-b 2vn vla vc
Blessing : for tenor and string quartet / Maxim Shalygin; text Isaac Watts
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
ten 2vn vla vc
Four songs on poems by e.e. cummings : for soprano and guitar, 1993 / Wim de Ruiter
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr g
composition
Melos hidiston : for voice, tenor recorder, viola, cello, double bass and piano, 1991 / Calliope Tsoupaki
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