"Antigone - Full Score" Sheet Music by Mikis Theodorakis

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Composers: Mikis Theodorakis
Pages: 456
This product does NOT support transposition or digital playback
SKU: 495610
Publisher: Schott Music
Series: Music Of Our Time
Publisher ID: Q53861

Mikis Theodorakis’ libretto for Antigonae is based on Sophocles’ tragedy of the same name, but also incorporates sections of ’Seven against Thebes’ by Aeschylus and ’The Phoenicians’ by Euripides. The work focuses on the conflict of two utterly different characters: the personification of earthly power (Eteocles) on the one hand and of religious duty on the other hand (Polyneices/Antigone). ’In the political dimensions of the drama which provide a particular inspiration for Theodorakis, the composer recognises the eternal element of the myth and above all a relationship to modern Greek history.’ (Ilias Giannopoulos)