Aristotelis Koundouroff (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Κουντούρωφ) (1896 – 1969) was a Greek composer of the Modern Era. He attended the conservatories of Tbilisi (1924-5) and Moscow (1927-30), studying with Ippolitov-Ivanov, Glire and Vasilenko. He became head of Ippolitov-Ivanov's composition studio in Moscow. In 1930 he settled in Greece and he taught musical theory at the Piraeus League Conservatory (1931-2) and Woldemar Freeman's Musical Lycee (1932-8). He conducting the Nea Ionia municipal band (1938-41). From 1943 until his retirement in 1964 he was head of the music library and sound archives of Athens Radio. Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The Modern-Era of NASCAR is a dividing line in NASCARs history. ... Coordinates:  - Governing Mayor Giorgi Gigi Ugulava Area    - City 372 km²  (143. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ... Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (November 19, 1859 – January 28, 1935) was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...

Koundouroff is now regarded as one of the most noteworthy figures of Greek music in the period 1930 to 1960. His earlier compositions (e.g. Suite-fantaisie sur des thmes populaires grecs (1930-31), Sinfonietta (1934) etc) show the influence of his Russian training, and of Prokofiev's `Soviet' style. Later works, including the tone poem Orpheus and Eurydice (1962) and the Mazurka for piano (1963), are harmonically more adventurous, inviting comparison with the more radical Russian modernists such as Skryabin and Roslavets.

Works

Stage: Pastorale (ballet), The Village Bastundji, Orch: Tales]; Icarus; Suite-fantaisie sur des themes populaires grecs; Sinfonietta, 1934; Marche militaire; March on a Revolutionary Cretan Folk Theme; Larghetto; Premonition; Corfu; Orpheus and Euridyce,

Choral: Chorus for G. Xenopoulos's play Sabbath of the Souls; I zoi en tafo; 2 Frags. from the Suite `Pictures from the Revolutionary Gallery of Painting'; Triumphal Cant. on the 70th Anniversary of M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov; G. Stambolis

Other solo vocal: Dim Distant Tales; I Came to You; transcr. of N. Lambelet: The Rose Bush and the Cypress

Sources

1. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov: 50 years of Russian music in my reminiscences (Moscow, 1934)