Jani Christou

Jani Christou (Greek: Γιάννης Χρήστου, Giánnīs Chrī́stou; 8 or 9 January 1926 – 8 January 1970) was a Greek composer.

Biography

There is some disagreement about Christou's birth, the date of which is given by some authorities as 8 January;

• Phoenix Music (for orchestra) – 1949
• Symphony No. 1 – 1949–50
• Latin Liturgy – 1953
• Six T. S. Eliot Songs (for piano or orchestra and mezzo-soprano) – 1955 (piano) / 1957 (orch.)
• Symphony No. 2 – 1957–58
• Toccata for piano and orchestra – 1962
• Tongues of Fire (a Pentecost oratorio) – 1964
• Persians (Incidental music for Aeschylus' drama) – 1965
• Agamemnon
  – 1965
• Enantiodromia – 1965–68
• The Frogs – 1966
• Mysterion (for orchestra, tape, choir and soloists) – 1965–66
• Praxis for 12 (for 11 string instruments and director-pianist) – 1966
• Anaparastasis I (The Baritone) – 1968
• Anaparastasis III (The Pianist) – 1968
• Oedipus Rex – 1969
• Oresteia (unfinished) – 1967–70

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