Jani Christou

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Jani Christou, or Γιάννης Χρήστου, (January 9, 1926 – January 9, 1970), was a Greek composer born in Heliopolis, Egypt, of Greek parents. He was educated at the English School in Alexandria and he took his first piano lessons from various teachers and from the important Greek pianist Gina Bachauer. In 1948 he was awarded an MA in philosophy after having studied with Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell in Cambridge. During that time he also studied music with Hans Redlich and in 1949 travelled to Rome to study orchestration with Angelo Francesco Lavagnino. He briefly attended lectures by Carl Jung in Zurich. In 1951 he returned to Alexandria where he married Theresia Horemi in 1961. He died on his 44th birthday in a car accident in Athens, Greece. Christou's work is often thought to fall into three broad periods. The works of the first period (1948-58) have been described by Christou himself as freely atonal. In his second phase (1960-64) Christou developed what he called "meta-serialism" whose main emphasis is on polyphony, rhythmic dynamism and instrumental colours. During his third period (1964-70) Christou developed his own notation and he increasingly stressed the improvisatory element. http://www.janichristou.org/ *** The function of music is to create soul, by creating conditions for myth, the root of all soul. Where there is no soul, music creates it. Where there is soul, music sustains it. Jani Christou Chios, 23rd Aug 1968 User-contributed text is availa

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Enantiodromia / Praxis / Epicycle / Anaparastasis III / Mysterion Prolog / Mysterion Sprechertext

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Vol I

Enantiodromie / Praxis / Epicycle / Anaparastasis III / Mysterion / Anaparastasis I / Praxis for 12

Vol. I

Jani Christou, Vol. I: Phoenix Music / Six T. S. Eliot Songs / The Strychnine Lady / Enantiodromia

Vol. II

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Jani Christou , Vol. 4: Six T. S. Eliot Songs - Praxis for 12 - Epicycle I

Enantiodromia

Jani Christou

Vol. I: Phoenix Music / Six T.S. Eliot Songs / The Strychnine Lady / Enantiodromia

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Symphony No. 1 (Damassiotou, Athens SO, Sherman)

Jani Christou, Vol. I: Phoenix Music - Six T. S. Eliot Songs - The Strychnine Lady - Enantiodromia

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