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==Works== Source:<ref name="c728">{{cite web | title=Mikis Theodorakis | website=[[Schott Music]] | date=29 July 1925 | url=https://www.schott-music.com/en/person/mikis-theodorakis | access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> His song cycles are based on poems by Greek authors, as well as by [[Federico García Lorca|García Lorca]] and [[Pablo Neruda|Neruda]]: Epitaphios, Archipelagos, Politia A-D, 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, Os Archaios Anemos, Ta Lyrikotera, Ta Lyrikotata, Erimia, Odysseia. Theodorakis released two albums of his songs and song cycles on Paredon Records and [[Folkways Records]] in the early seventies, including his ''Peoples' Music: The Struggles of the Greek People'' (1974).<ref>[http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=Mikis%20Theodorakis&sType='phrase'/ Theodorakis Discography] at [[Smithsonian Folkways|folkways.si.edu]]; accessed 7 December 2017.</ref> ===Symphonic works=== *1945: The Apocalypse (Ode to Beethoven) *1947: Festival of Asi Gonia *1952: Piano Concerto "Helikon" *1953: First Symphony ("Proti Simfonia") *1954–1959: 3 Orchestral Suites *1958: Piano Concerto No 1 *1981: Symphony No 2 ("The Song of the Earth"; text: Mikis Theodorakis) for children's choir, piano, and orchestra *1981: Symphony No 3 (texts: [[Dionysios Solomos]]; [[Constantine P. Cavafy]]; Byzantine hymns) for soprano, choir, and orchestra *1983: Symphony No 7 ("Spring-Symphony"; texts: [[Yiannis Ritsos|Yannis Ritsos]]; Yorgos Kulukis) for four soloists, choir, and orchestra *1986–1987: Symphony No 4 ("Of Choirs") for soprano, mezzo, narrator, choir, and symphonic orchestra without strings *1995: Rhapsody for Guitar and Orchestra *1995: Sinfonietta *1996: Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra *2008: Rhapsody for Trumpet and Orchestra (for Piccolo Trumpet, orchestrated by Robert Gulya) *2010: "Andalusia" for Mezzo and Orchestra Source:<ref name=Discogs /> ===Chamber music=== *1942: Sonatina for piano *1945: Elegy No 1, for cello and piano *1945: Elegy No 2, for violin and piano *1946: String Quartet No 1 *1946: String Quartet No 2 "To Kimiterio" *1946: Duetto, for two violins *1947: Trio, for violin, cello and piano *1947: 11 Preludes, for piano *1947: Sexteto, for piano, flute and string quartet *1949: Study for two violins and cello *1952: Syrtos Chaniotikos, for piano and percussion *1952: Sonatina No 1, for violin and piano *1955: Little Suite, for piano *1955: Passacaglia, for two pianos *1959: Sonatina No 2, for violin and piano *1989: Choros Assikikos, for violoncello solo *1996: Melos, for piano *2007: East of the Aegean, for cello and piano ===Cantatas and oratorios=== *1960: [[Axion Esti]] (text: [[Odysseas Elytis]]) *1969: [[The March of the Spirit]] (text: [[Angelos Sikelianos]]) *1971–82: [[Canto General]] (text: [[Pablo Neruda]]) *1981–82: Kata Saddukaion Pathi (Sadducean-Passion; text: [[Michalis Katsaros]]) for tenor, baritone, bass, choir and orchestra *1982: Liturgy No 2 ("To children, killed in War"); texts: [[Tassos Livaditis]], Mikis Theodorakis) for choir *1982–83: Lorca, for voice, solo guitar, choir, and orchestra (based on ''Romancero Gitano'' (text: [[Federico García Lorca]], translated by Odysseas Elytis) *1992: Canto Olympico, for voice, solo piano, choir, and orchestra (texts: Dimitra Manda, Mikis Theodorakis) *1999: Requiem (text: St. John Damascene) * 2009:tis dikaiosunis hlie nohte ===Hymns=== *1970: Hymn for Nasser *1973: Hymn for the Socialist Movement in Venezuela *1973: Hymn for the Students. dedicated to the victims of Polytechnical School in Athens (18.11.) *1977: Hymn of the French Socialist Party *1978: Hymn for Malta *1982: Hymn of P.L.O. *1991: Hymn of the Mediterranean Games *1992: "Hellenism" (A song for the [[1992 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], later used again during the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]) ===Ballets=== *1953: Carnaval (choreography: Rallou Manou) *1958: Le Feu aux Poudres (choreography: [[Paul Goubé]]) *1958: Les Amants de Teruel (choreography: Milko Šparemblek) *1959: Antigone (choreography: [[John Cranko]]) *1972: Antigone in Jail (choreography: Micha van Hoecke) *1979: Elektra (choreography: Serge Kenten) *1983: Sept Danses Grecques (choreography: [[Maurice Béjart]]) *1987–88: Zorba il Greco (choreography: [[Lorca Massine]]) ===Operas=== *1984–1985: Kostas Karyotakis (The Metamorphosis of Dionysos) *1988–1990: Medea *1992–1993: Elektra *1995–1996: Antigone *1999–2001: Lysistrata ===Music for the stage=== ====Classical tragedies==== *1959–1960: [[Phoenician Women]] ([[Euripides]]) *1960–1961: [[Ajax (Sophocles)|Ajax]] ([[Sophocles]]) *1965: [[Trojan Women]] (Euripides) *1966–1967: [[Lysistrata]] ([[Aristophanes]]) *1977: [[The Suppliants (Aeschylus)|The Suppliants]] ([[Aeschylus]]) *1979: [[The Knights]] ([[Aristophanes]]) *1986–1988: [[Oresteia]]: Agamemnon, Choephorae, Eumenides (Aeschylus) *1987: [[Hecuba (play)|Hecuba]] (Euripides) *1990: [[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]] (Sophocles) *1992: [[Prometheus Bound]] (Aeschylus) *1996: [[Oedipus Rex]] (Sophocles) *2001: [[Medea (play)|Medea]] (Euripides) ====Modern plays==== *1960–1961: To Tragoudi tou Nekrou Adelfou (Ballad of the Dead Brother), Musical Tragedy (text: Mikis Theodorakis) *1961–1962: Omorphi Poli (Beautiful City), revue (Bost, Dimitris Christodoulou, Christofelis, et al.) *1963: I Gitonia ton Angelon (The Quarter of Angels), Music-drama ([[Iakovos Kambanelis]]) *1963: Magiki Poli (Enchanted City), revue (Mikis Theodorakis, Notis Pergialis, Michalis Katsaros) *1971: Antigoni stin Filaki (Antigone in Jail), drama *1974: Prodomenos Laos (Betrayed People), music for the theatre (Vangelis Goufas) *1975: Echtros Laos (Enemy People), drama (Iakovos Kambanelis) *1975: Christophorus Kolumbus, drama ([[Nikos Kazantzakis]]) *1976: Kapodistrias, drama (Nikos Kazantzakis) *1977: O Allos Alexandros ("The Other Alexander"), drama (Margarita Limberaki) *1979: Papflessas, play (Spiros Melas) ====International theatre==== *1961: Enas Omiros (The Hostage), drama ([[Brendan Behan]]) *1963: The Chinese Wall, drama ([[Max Frisch]]) *1975: Das Sauspiel, tragicomedy ([[Martin Walser]]) *1979: Caligula, drama ([[Albert Camus]]) *1978: Polites B' Katigorias (Second-Class Citizens), drama ([[Brian Friel]]) *1980: Perikles, tragedy, ([[William Shakespeare]]) *1994: Macbeth, tragedy (William Shakespeare) ===Principal film scores=== Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://int.mikis-theodorakis.net/index.php/article/static/15/|title=Soundtracks|website=Official site|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921142809/http://int.mikis-theodorakis.net/index.php/article/static/15/|archive-date=21 September 2009}}</ref><ref name="ALL">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mikis-theodorakis-mn0000897371/discography/all|title=Mikis Theodorakis discography in Allmusic|website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref><ref name=Discogs /> *1952–53: ''[[Eva (1953 film)|Eva]]'' (Director: [[Maria Plyta]]) *1953: ''{{ill|The Barefoot Battalion|el|Το ξυπόλητο τάγμα}}'' (Director: [[Gregg G. Tallas]]) *1953: ''The Golgotha of an Orphan'' (Director: {{ill|Dimis Dadiras|el|Ντίμης Δαδήρας}}, Spiros Nikolaidis) *1957: ''[[Ill Met by Moonlight (film)|Ill Met by Moonlight]]'' (Director: [[Michael Powell]]) *1960: ''[[Honeymoon (1959 film)|Honeymoon]]'' (Director: [[Michael Powell]], Choreography: [[Léonide Massine]]) *1960: ''[[Faces in the Dark]]'' (Director: [[David Eady (film director)|David Eady]]) *1961: ''[[Shadow of the Cat]]'' (Director: [[John Gilling]]) *1961: ''[[Phaedra (film)|Phaedra]]'' (Director: [[Jules Dassin]]) *1962: ''[[The Lovers of Teruel (film)|The Lovers of Teruel]]'' (Director: [[Raymond Rouleau]]) *1962: ''[[Five Miles to Midnight]]'' (Director: [[Anatole Litvak]]) *1962: ''[[Electra (1962 film)|Electra]]'' (Director: [[Michael Cacoyannis]]) *1964: ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek]]'' (Director: [[Michael Cacoyannis]]) *1966: ''[[A Bullet Through the Heart]]'' (Director: [[Jean-Daniel Pollet]]) *1967: ''[[The Day the Fish Came Out]]'' (Director: [[Michael Cacoyannis]]) *1969: ''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'' (Director: [[Costa-Gavras]]) *1971: ''[[:fr:Biribi (film)|Biribi]]'' (Director: {{ill|Daniel Moosmann|fr}}) *1971: ''[[The Trojan Women (film)|The Trojan Women]]'' (Director: [[Michael Cacoyannis]]) *1972: ''[[State of Siege]]'' (Director: [[Costa-Gavras]]) *1973: ''[[The Battle of Sutjeska (film)|The Battle of Sutjeska]]'' (Director: [[Stipe Delić]]) *1973: ''[[Serpico]]'' (Director: [[Sidney Lumet]]) *1974: ''[[The Rehearsal (1974 film)|The Rehearsal]]'' (Director: [[Jules Dassin]]) *1976: ''[[Letters from Marusia|Actas de Marousia]]'' (Director: [[Miguel Littín]]) *1977: ''[[Iphigenia]]'' (Director: [[Michael Cacoyannis]]) *1980: ''[[The Man with the Carnation]]'' (Director: Nikos Tzimas) *2013: ''Recycling Medea'' (Director: [[Asteris Kutulas]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thegreekfilmfestivalinberlin.com/portfolio-item/recycling-medea/|title=Recycling Medea (Special screening) – by Asteris Kutulas|website=Thegreekfilmfestivalinberlin.com|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>
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