“ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN

One of the goals of music education is to infuse culture, to teach the ability to understand, listen to, appreciate, classify, analyse and perform music. The changes occurred in the contemporary music creation have contributed to the emergence of new complex genres that actually reach all the struc...

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Main Author: Stela GUŢANU
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Language:English
Published: Babeș-Bolyai University 2012-12-01
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Online Access:https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8929
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description One of the goals of music education is to infuse culture, to teach the ability to understand, listen to, appreciate, classify, analyse and perform music. The changes occurred in the contemporary music creation have contributed to the emergence of new complex genres that actually reach all the structural levels of compositional art, so far, as well as of arts, in general. Extremely complex in terms of form and structure, contemporary music requires a certain training and degree of knowledge in order to be adequately understood. This is why today’s music teacher is faced with a series of problems in finding various ways and methods to facilitate the children’s understanding and liking of contemporary music. The Greek composer and teacher Athanasios Trikoupis has managed to do just that, by composing Orphikon I, whose world premiere took place in Alexandroupoli, Greece, at the Scientific Session dedicated to Orpheus (1-2 October 2010). The work was performed by the Orchestra of the “Fhaëton” Conservatory in Alexandroupoli, comprised of teachers and students of that institution. By rendering modern musical garments to ancient Greek hymns, the composer has built a “bridge” between the ancient times and today. By knowing the traditions, history and culture of ancient Greece, the children found it much easier to understand the compositional concepts of modern music and they even liked it. This article presents a short analysis of this work, which highlights the approach and techniques used by the composer.
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spelling doaj-art-4e481ff8e73f46edaabf550a3d5e2da82025-02-11T11:01:17ZengBabeș-Bolyai UniversityStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica1844-43692065-96282012-12-01572“ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDRENStela GUŢANU0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1117-5688Faculty of Arts, Department of Arts, Spiru Haret University, Bucharest, Romania, E-mail: stelajupiter@yahoo.com One of the goals of music education is to infuse culture, to teach the ability to understand, listen to, appreciate, classify, analyse and perform music. The changes occurred in the contemporary music creation have contributed to the emergence of new complex genres that actually reach all the structural levels of compositional art, so far, as well as of arts, in general. Extremely complex in terms of form and structure, contemporary music requires a certain training and degree of knowledge in order to be adequately understood. This is why today’s music teacher is faced with a series of problems in finding various ways and methods to facilitate the children’s understanding and liking of contemporary music. The Greek composer and teacher Athanasios Trikoupis has managed to do just that, by composing Orphikon I, whose world premiere took place in Alexandroupoli, Greece, at the Scientific Session dedicated to Orpheus (1-2 October 2010). The work was performed by the Orchestra of the “Fhaëton” Conservatory in Alexandroupoli, comprised of teachers and students of that institution. By rendering modern musical garments to ancient Greek hymns, the composer has built a “bridge” between the ancient times and today. By knowing the traditions, history and culture of ancient Greece, the children found it much easier to understand the compositional concepts of modern music and they even liked it. This article presents a short analysis of this work, which highlights the approach and techniques used by the composer. https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8929music educationcomposermodern musicAthanasios TrikoupisHymn
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“ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Musica
music education
composer
modern music
Athanasios Trikoupis
Hymn
title “ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN
title_full “ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN
title_fullStr “ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN
title_full_unstemmed “ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN
title_short “ORPHIKON I” BY ATHANASIOS TRIKOUPIS – A “BRIDGE” BETWEEN ANCIENTAND CONTEMPORARY TIMES, A MEANS OF TEACHING MODERN MUSIC TO CHILDREN
title_sort orphikon i by athanasios trikoupis a bridge between ancientand contemporary times a means of teaching modern music to children
topic music education
composer
modern music
Athanasios Trikoupis
Hymn
url https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/8929
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