Konstantinos Nikolopoulos
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Agathophron ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Αγαθόφρων Νικολόπουλος Konstandínos Agathófron Nikolopoulos , in France and Constantine Nicolo-Poulo * 1786 in Smyrna , † 1841 in Paris ) was a Greek composer , musicologist , writer and philologist .
Life
Nikolopoulos was the son of an educated refugee from Andritsena . He spent his childhood in his hometown of Smyrna, where he also studied for a few years at the famous Evangelikí Scholí (Ευαγγελική Σχολή, about 'Evangelical Institute'). In 1806 the family went to Paris, Nikolopoulos became a librarian at the Institut de France and also devoted himself to private studies. At the same time he was involved in the philhellenic movement for a separate Greek state on the basis of the ancient cultural heritage. He was a member of the Filiki Eteria , the Elliniko Komitato (Ελληνικό Κομιτάτο) and the Philomusic Society .
After his father's death in 1838, he bequeathed his entire private library with around 3,500 volumes to the city of Andritsena, where it became the basis of the city library that is named after him today. Before Nikolopoulos could accept an invitation from the city of Andritsena, he died suddenly and unexpectedly of tetanus in 1841 .
Nikolopoulos was active as a researcher on the music of ancient Greece and as editor of ancient authors; as a writer, he wrote mainly patriotic appeals to the Greeks to revolt against the Tourkokratia .
His compositional work consisted mainly of compositions based on ancient Greek texts for solo voices or choir and piano in the form of hymns or scenic cantatas. One year before his death, he set Pindar's Olympic Ode to music . He also wrote vocal salon music in the form of romances and songs. His liturgical music has some significance for the Orthodox worship, which show early polyphonic elements, including a Kyrie eleison , a Kyrie soson tous eusebeis and Ten Oraioteta.
literature
- Takis Kalogeropoulos: Kon / nos-Agathofron Nikolopoulos . In: Lexiko tis Ellinikis mousikis . Athens 1998-99 ( wiki.musicportal.gr ).
- Josef Fink : The Arcadian mission of Konstantinos Nikolopoulos . Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-7769-0110-1 .
Web links
- Audio sample: Setting the beginning of Homer's Iliad to music for choir and piano
- Manuscript index of Nikolopoulos' works and letters at the library of the Institut de France (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Th. Dimaras : A History of Modern Greek Literature . Albany 1972, ISBN 0-87395-071-2 , p. 243
- ^ Report ( Memento of May 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on the early days of the modern Olympic movement on Deutschlandradio
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos Agathophron (full name); Nikolópoulos, Konstandínos Agathófron; Nicolo-Poulo, Constantine; Νικολόπουλος, Κωνσταντίνος Αγαθόφρων (Greek); Nikolopulos, Konstantinos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek composer and polymath |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Smyrna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1841 |
| Place of death | Paris |