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Antiochos Evangelatos (Greek: Αντίοχος Ευαγγελάτος) (1903 – 1981) was a Greek composer and conductor. He was born in Lixouri, Kephallonia on December 25, 1903. He studied composition and conducting in Leipzig, Basel and Vienna with Ludwig, Kofler and Felix Weingartner. From 1933 on he taught composition and counterpoint at the Hellenic Conservatory in Athens. In 1957 he was elected president of the Union of Greek Composers in 1957. Evangelatos' compositions are based thematically on folk music, their style is Romantic and their elaboration contrapuntal.

Works

Sinfonietta (1927), Symphony no.1 (1930), Larghetto and Scherzo (1932), Suite (1934), Byzantine Melody (1936), Overture to a drama (1937), Variations and Fugue on a Greek Folksong (1949), The Death and the Maiden (1941), 5 Songs (A. Sikelianos) (1941-3), String Quartet (1930), String Sextet (1932)

Sources

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

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