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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)

Composer of the Week: Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949): Episode 5: I'll Go Away to Araby

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Episode 5: I'll Go Away to Araby

Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)

I'll Go Away to Araby

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Donald Macleod explores the sad end to Skalkottas's ill-starred life.

Donald Macleod explores the sad end to Skalkottas's ill-starred life, which occurred just as he had begun to find happiness and recognition.

The last three years of Skalkottas' life were played out against the background of Greece's descent into the brutal chaos of civil war. Despite the conflicts and the disintegration going on around him, things were going quite well for Skalkottas - he got married, and now concentrating on tonal music, he at last began to hear his pieces performed in Athens. But his ill-starred life ended, two days before the birth of his second son, just as he had begun to find happiness and recognition. Given the way he had been marginalised since his return to Greece, there were several overly sentimental tributes to him by members of the establishment after his death. Donald Macleod explores the final tragic chapter of Skalkottas' life.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas, who died at the age of 46 with virtually none of his 150 or so works having been published or even performed in public

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