Mikis Theodorakis - Revision history

Irlandos: /* Songs and song cycles */

2021-09-02T08:41:00Z

Songs and song cycles

Irlandos at 08:39, September 2, 2021

2021-09-02T08:39:43Z

Irlandos at 08:37, September 2, 2021

2021-09-02T08:37:51Z

Dutch Eagle: /* Political quotations */Adjusted to Phantis-style.

2019-07-29T17:14:28Z

Political quotations: Adjusted to Phantis-style.

Dutch Eagle: /* Declaration */Date adjusted to Phantis-style.

2019-07-29T17:10:20Z

Declaration: Date adjusted to Phantis-style.

Dutch Eagle: /* Biography */, added in several occasions in date.

2019-07-29T17:09:06Z

Biography: , added in several occasions in date.

Dutch Eagle: , added in date.

2019-07-29T17:07:01Z

, added in date.

Irlandos: /* Modern plays */

2012-10-16T12:20:28Z

Modern plays

Irlandos: /* Bibliography */

2011-11-04T19:21:31Z

Bibliography

Irlandos: /* Principal film scores */

2011-11-04T19:19:18Z

Principal film scores

@@ Line 58: / Line 58: @@
 ==A lifetime's work: synopsis==
 ===Songs and song cycles===
-Theodorakis wrote more than 1,000 songs and song-cycles, whose melodies have become part of the heritage of Greek music. "Sto Perigiali", "Kaimos", "Aprilis", "Doxa to Theo", "Sotiris Petroulas", "Lipotaktes", "Stis Nichtas to Balkoni", "Agapi mou", "Pou petaxe t'agori mou", "Anixe ligo to parathiro", "O Ipnos se tilixe", "To gelasto pedi", "Dendro to dendro", "O Andonis", and many other songs.
+Theodorakis wrote more than 1,000 songs and song-cycles, whose melodies have become part of the heritage of Greek music: "Apagogi", "Sto Perigiali", "Kaimos", "Aprilis", "Doxa to Theo", "Sotiris Petroulas", "Lipotaktes", "Stis Nichtas to Balkoni", "Agapi mou", "Pou petaxe t'agori mou", "Anixe ligo to parathiro", "O Ipnos se tilixe", "To gelasto pedi", "Dendro to dendro", "O Andonis", and many other songs.
 His song cycles were based on poems by famous Greek authors, as well as by Lorca and Neruda: "Epitaphios", "Archipelagos", "Politia", "Epiphania", "The Hostage", "Mykres Kyklades", "Mauthausen", "Romiossini", "Sun and Time", "Songs for Andreas", "Mythology", "Night of Death", "Ta Lyrika", "The Quarters of the World", "Dionysos", "Phaedra", "Mia Thalassa", "Ta Lyrikotera", "Ta Lyrikotata", "Erimia".

@@ Line 232: / Line 232: @@
 [[Category:1925 births|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
 [[Category:2021 deaths|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
 [[Category:Composers|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
 [[Category:Greek politicians|Theodorakis, Mikis]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-'''Mikis Theodorakis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης; born [[July 29]], [[1925]]) is a [[Greece|Greek]] music composer and left-wing politician. He was born on the island of [[Chios]] in Greece and spent his childhood years in different provincial Greek cities such as [[Mytilene]], [[Cephallonia]], [[Pyrgos]], [[Patras]], and  [[Tripolis]]. His father came from [[Crete]] and his mother from [[Asia Minor]]. He has received several offers to serve as [[List of Presidents of Greece|President of Greece]], but has refused them.
+'''Mikis Theodorakis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης; [[July 29]], [[1925]] - [[September 2]], [[2021]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] music composer and left-wing politician. He was born on the island of [[Chios]] in Greece and spent his childhood years in different provincial Greek cities such as [[Mytilene]], [[Cephallonia]], [[Pyrgos]], [[Patras]], and  [[Tripolis]]. His father came from [[Crete]] and his mother from [[Asia Minor]]. He received several offers to serve as [[List of Presidents of Greece|President of Greece]], but  refused them.
 ==Biography==
 ===The early years, World War II, and first works===
-Theodorakis' fascination with music began in early childhood; he taught himself to write his first songs without access to musical instruments. In Pyrgos and Patras he took his first music lessons, and in Tripolis, [[Peloponnese]], he formed a choir and gave his first concert at the age of seventeen.
+Theodorakis' fascination with music began in early childhood; he taught himself to write his first songs without access to musical instruments. In [[Pyrgos]] and [[Patra]]s he took his first music lessons, and in [[Tripolis]], [[Peloponnese]], he formed a choir and gave his first concert at the age of seventeen.
-During [[World War II]] he was active in the resistance against the Italian and German occupation troops, helping starving children and Jewish refugees; this led to his capture and subsequent torture in Tripolis (1942) and in [[Athens]] (1943&ndash;1944). During the [[Greek Civil War]] he was exiled to the islands of [[Ikaria]] and [[Makronissos]], where he was almost beaten to death and twice buried alive.
+During [[World War II]] he was active in the resistance against the Italian and German occupation troops, helping starving children and Jewish refugees; this led to his capture and subsequent torture in [[Tripolis]] ([[1942]]) and in [[Athens]] (1943&ndash;1944). During the [[Greek Civil War]] he was exiled to the islands of [[Ikaria]] and [[Makronissos]], where he was almost beaten to death and twice buried alive.
 Later he studied at the Athens Conservatory under Philoktitis Economidis, and at the Conservatory of Paris where he studied musical analysis under Olivier Messiaen as well as conducting under Eugene Bigot. His time in Paris, [[1954]]&ndash;[[1959]], was a period of intense artistic creation for him.
-His symphonic works of this period, a piano concerto, his first suite and his first symphony, received international acclaim. In 1957 he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival. In 1959, Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize as the Best European Composer of the Year, after the successful performances of his ballet "[[Antigone]]" at Covent Garden in London.
+His symphonic works of this period, a piano concerto, his first suite and his first symphony, received international acclaim. In [[1957]], he won the Gold Medal in the Moscow Music Festival. In [[1959]], Darius Milhaud proposed him for the American Copley Music Prize as the Best European Composer of the Year, after the successful performances of his ballet "[[Antigone]]" at Covent Garden in London.
 ====Notable works up to 1960====
@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 ===The junta &mdash; going underground &mdash; imprisonment &mdash; banishment===
-On [[April 21]], [[1967]] a fascist [[junta]] (the [[Regime of the Colonels]]) [[History of Modern Greece#Postwar Greece|took power in a putsch]]. Theodorakis went underground and founded the Patriotic Front. The Colonels published Army decree No 13, which banned playing, and even listening to his music. Theodorakis himself was arrested on [[August 21]], [[1967]] and jailed for five months.  Following his release in [[1968]], he was banished to [[Zatouna]] with his wife Myrto and their two children, Margarita and Yorgos. Later he was interned in the concentration camp of [[Oropos]]. An international solidarity movement, headed by such figures as Dmitri Shostakovitch, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte managed to get Theodorakis freed. On request of the French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Theodorakis was allowed to go into exile on [[April 13]], [[1970]].
+On [[April 21]], [[1967]] a fascist [[junta]] (the [[Regime of the Colonels]]) [[History of Modern Greece#Postwar Greece|took power in a putsch]]. Theodorakis went underground and founded the Patriotic Front. The Colonels published Army decree No 13, which banned playing, and even listening to his music. Theodorakis himself was arrested on [[August 21]], [[1967]] and jailed for five months.  Following his release in [[1968]], he was banished to [[Zatouna]] with his wife Myrto and their two children, Margarita and Yiorgos. Later he was interned in the concentration camp of [[Oropos]]. An international solidarity movement, headed by such figures as Dmitri Shostakovitch, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte managed to get Theodorakis freed. On request of the French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Theodorakis was allowed to go into exile on [[April 13]], [[1970]].
 ====Main works under the dictatorship====
@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
 After the fall of the Colonels, Theodorakis returned to Greece on [[July 24]], [[1974]] to continue his work and his concert tours, both at home and abroad. At the same time he participated in public affairs. He was elected several times to the Greek Parliament ([[1981]]&ndash;[[1986]] and [[1989]]&ndash;[[1993]]) and for two years, from [[1990]] to [[1992]], he was a minister in the government of [[Constantine Mitsotakis]]. He was then appointed General Musical Director of the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Hellenic Radio and Television for another two years.
-Theodorakis has always combined an exceptional artistic talent with a deep love of his country. He is also committed to heightening international awareness of human rights, of environmental issues, and of the need for peace. It was for this reason that he initiated, together with the renowned Turkish musician and singer Zülfü Livaneli, the Greek&ndash;Turkish Friendship Society.  Theodorakis is Doctor honoris causa of several universities, including Montreal, Thessaloniki, and Crete, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace in [[2000]]. Currently he lives in retirement, publishing on music, culture, and politics. But on important occasions he never hesitates to take a position, as in [[1999]], opposing NATO's Kosovo war, and in [[2003]] against the Iraq War. In [[2005]], he was awarded the "Russian International St Andrew the First Called Prize" and the "IMC UNESCO International Music Prize".
+Theodorakis always combined an exceptional artistic talent with a deep love of his country. He was also committed to heightening international awareness of human rights, of environmental issues, and of the need for peace. It was for this reason that he initiated, together with the renowned Turkish musician and singer Zülfü Livaneli, the Greek&ndash;Turkish Friendship Society.  Theodorakis was Doctor honoris causa of several universities, including Montreal, Thessaloniki, and Crete, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Peace in [[2000]]. Later, he lived in retirement, publishing on music, culture, and politics. On important occasions he didn't hesitate to take a position, as in [[1999]], opposing NATO's Kosovo war, and in [[2003]] against the Iraq War. In [[2005]], he was awarded the "Russian International St Andrew the First Called Prize" and the "IMC UNESCO International Music Prize".
 ====Main works after 1974====
@@ Line 58: / Line 58: @@
 ==A lifetime's work: synopsis==
 ===Songs and song cycles===
-Theodorakis has written more than 1,000 songs and song-cycles, whose melodies have become part of the heritage of Greek music. "Sto Perigiali", "Kaimos", "Aprilis", "Doxa to Theo", "Sotiris Petroulas", "Lipotaktes", "Stis Nichtas to Balkoni", "Agapi mou", "Pou petaxe t'agori mou", "Anixe ligo to parathiro", "O Ipnos se tilixe", "To gelasto pedi", "Dendro to dendro", "O Andonis", and many other songs.
+Theodorakis wrote more than 1,000 songs and song-cycles, whose melodies have become part of the heritage of Greek music. "Sto Perigiali", "Kaimos", "Aprilis", "Doxa to Theo", "Sotiris Petroulas", "Lipotaktes", "Stis Nichtas to Balkoni", "Agapi mou", "Pou petaxe t'agori mou", "Anixe ligo to parathiro", "O Ipnos se tilixe", "To gelasto pedi", "Dendro to dendro", "O Andonis", and many other songs.
-His song cycles are based on poems by famous Greek authors, as well as by Lorca and Neruda: "Epitaphios", "Archipelagos", "Politia", "Epiphania", "The Hostage", "Mykres Kyklades", "Mauthausen", "Romiossini", "Sun and Time", "Songs for Andreas", "Mythology", "Night of Death", "Ta Lyrika", "The Quarters of the World", "Dionysos", "Phaedra", "Mia Thalassa", "Ta Lyrikotera", "Ta Lyrikotata", "Erimia".
+His song cycles were based on poems by famous Greek authors, as well as by Lorca and Neruda: "Epitaphios", "Archipelagos", "Politia", "Epiphania", "The Hostage", "Mykres Kyklades", "Mauthausen", "Romiossini", "Sun and Time", "Songs for Andreas", "Mythology", "Night of Death", "Ta Lyrika", "The Quarters of the World", "Dionysos", "Phaedra", "Mia Thalassa", "Ta Lyrikotera", "Ta Lyrikotata", "Erimia".
 ===Symphonic works===
@@ Line 190: / Line 190: @@
 ==Political views==
-Theodorakis is well known for his left-wing views, which he has expressed openly (including, notably, during the junta dictatorship). He has campaigned for numerous human rights and peace causes, such as in the [[Cyprus]] dispute, the tensions between Turkey and [[Greece]] during the [[Aegean crisis]], NATO attacks against Yugoslavia, the kidnapping and treatment of Abdullah Öcalan, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Recently, he has raised controversy for expressing severe criticism of George W. Bush and his government and administration, as well as the policies of the government of Ariel Sharon. His criticism of Sharon has been interpreted by some as being anti-Semitic.
+Theodorakis was well known for his left-wing views, which he has expressed openly (including, notably, during the junta dictatorship). He campaigned for numerous human rights and peace causes, such as in the [[Cyprus]] dispute, the tensions between Turkey and [[Greece]] during the [[Aegean crisis]], NATO attacks against Yugoslavia, the kidnapping and treatment of Abdullah Öcalan, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Later, he raised controversy for expressing severe criticism of George W. Bush and his government and administration, as well as the policies of the government of Ariel Sharon. His criticism of Sharon was interpreted by some as being anti-Semitic.
 ==Political quotations==
@@ Line 231: / Line 231: @@
 [[Category:1925 births|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
 [[Category:Greek musicians|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
 [[Category:Composers|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
 [[Category:Greek politicians|Theodorakis, Mikis]]

@@ Line 195: / Line 195: @@
 ===On allegations concerning his "anti-Semitism"===
-Official statement by Mikis Theodorakis, after the polemics concerning his anti-Semitism had started on [[November 11]] [[2003]]:
+Official statement by Mikis Theodorakis, after the polemics concerning his anti-Semitism had started on [[November 11]], [[2003]]:
 ====Declaration====
@@ Line 210: / Line 210: @@
 :"But perhaps this is the aim of those who suddenly 'discovered' my ideas and slander me as an alleged 'anti-Semite'."
-:Athens, [[November 12]], [[2003]]
+:Athens, [[November 12]], [[2003]].
 ===On 9/11===
-In an article in [[Eleftherotypia]] ([[April 14]] [[2002]]):
+In an article in [[Eleftherotypia]] ([[April 14]], [[2002]]):
-:[September 11th was ] characterized by an incredibly high degree of organization and technological means&mdash;higher I'd say than that possessed by the current superpower, the US.... As far as physical perpetrators are concerned there is still no tangible evidence and that&rsquo;s why no arrests have been made. There were only moral perpetrators, who have been sought in Afghanistan&mdash;but it would be hard to convince anyone of their level of technological and organizational capabilities.
+:9/11 was characterized by an incredibly high degree of organization and technological means&mdash;higher I'd say than that possessed by the current superpower, the US.... As far as physical perpetrators are concerned there is still no tangible evidence and that&rsquo;s why no arrests have been made. There were only moral perpetrators, who have been sought in Afghanistan&mdash;but it would be hard to convince anyone of their level of technological and organizational capabilities.
 ==See also==

@@ Line 210: / Line 210: @@
 :"But perhaps this is the aim of those who suddenly 'discovered' my ideas and slander me as an alleged 'anti-Semite'."
-:Athens, [[12 November]] [[2003]]
+:Athens, [[November 12]], [[2003]]
 ===On 9/11===

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:07, July 29, 2019
Line 1:		Line 1:
−	'''Mikis Theodorakis''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης; born [[July 29]] [[1925]]) is a [[Greece\|Greek]] music composer and left-wing politician. He was born on the island of [[Chios]] in Greece and spent his childhood years in different provincial Greek cities such as [[Mytilene]], [[Cephallonia]], [[Pyrgos]], [[Patras]], and [[Tripolis]]. His father came from [[Crete]] and his mother from [[Asia Minor]]. He has received several offers to serve as [[List of Presidents of Greece\|President of Greece]], but has refused them.	+	'''Mikis Theodorakis''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης; born [[July 29]], [[1925]]) is a [[Greece\|Greek]] music composer and left-wing politician. He was born on the island of [[Chios]] in Greece and spent his childhood years in different provincial Greek cities such as [[Mytilene]], [[Cephallonia]], [[Pyrgos]], [[Patras]], and [[Tripolis]]. His father came from [[Crete]] and his mother from [[Asia Minor]]. He has received several offers to serve as [[List of Presidents of Greece\|President of Greece]], but has refused them.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

@@ Line 154: / Line 154: @@
 *1976: "Kapodistrias", drama ([[Nikos Kazantzakis]])
 *1977: "O Allos Alexandros" ("The Other Alexander"), drama (Margarita Limberaki)
-*1979: "Papaflessas", play (Spiros Melas)
+*1979: "Papaflessas", play ([[Spiros Melas]])
 ====International theatre====

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:21, November 4, 2011
Line 233:		Line 233:
	[[Category:Greek musicians\|Theodorakis, Mikis]]		[[Category:Greek musicians\|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
	[[Category:Composers\|Theodorakis, Mikis]]		[[Category:Composers\|Theodorakis, Mikis]]
		+	[[Category:Greek politicians\|Theodorakis, Mikis]]

@@ Line 180: / Line 180: @@
 *1969: "[[Z (film)|Z]]"
 *1972: "State of Siege"
-*1973: "[[Serpico]]"
+*1973: "Serpico"
 *1974: "The Rehearsal"
 *1976: "Actas de Marousia"