List of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas

Nikos Skalkottas. Sketch by Véronique Fournier-Pouyet

This is a list of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas.

The list

Orchestral works

• Symphonic Suite No. 1 (1929)
• 36 Greek Dances (1931–36; new orchestrations of many dances made 1949, and individual numbers arranged for other ensembles – see e.g. String Orchestra)
• Overture (often called Symphony) The Return of Ulysses (c. 1942)
• Symphonic Suite No. 2 (1944–46; 1949; orchestration unfinished; the movements listed have been performed as separate works)
  • 1. Overtüre Concertante
  • 4. Largo Sinfonico
  • 5. Tema con variazioni (orchestration unfinished)
• Classical Symphony for wind orchestra, two harps and double basses (1947)
• Ancient Greek March (1947; in two versions by the composer: small symphony orchestra and wind orchestra)
• Four Images (1948; orchestrated from movements of ballet The Land and sea of Greece)
• Sinfonietta in B-flat minor (1948–9)
• Greek Dance in C minor (1949? – unrelated to the 36 Greek Dances)

Concertos

• Concerto Grosso for wind orchestra (1928–31; lost)
• Concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra (1930)
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1931)
• Concertino for 2 pianos and orchestra (1935)
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (1937)
• Violin Concerto (1938)
• Cello Concerto (1938; lost)
• Concertino for Oboe and Piano (1939; later adapted for solo oboe and chamber orchestra by Gunther Schuller)
• Piano Concerto No. 3 (1939; for piano and 10 wind instruments)
• Concerto for violin, viola and large wind orchestra (1940–42)
• Double Bass Concerto (1942)
• Concerto for 2 violins (1944–45; not orchestrated)
• Piano Concertino (1948–49)
• Nocturne-Divertimento for xylophone and orchestra (1949)

Ballets

• The Maiden and Death (1938, revised 1946)
• The Gnomes (1939; partly based on piano pieces by Bartók and Stravinsky)
• Island Images, ballet suite (1943; not orchestrated)
• The Beauty with the Rose (1946)
• The Land and the Sea of Greece (1947–48; not orchestrated except first four movements as Four Images)
• The Sea (1948–49)

Works for string orchestra

• 3 Greek Dances (1936)
• 7 Greek Dances (1936)
• 10 Sketches (c. 1940)
• Little Suite for strings (1942)

Incidental music

• Mayday Spell, a Fairy Drama for soprano, speakers and orchestra (1944; 1949)
• Henry V, incidental music for Athens Radio (1947–48)

Chamber music

• Sonata for solo violin (1925)
• String Quartet (1926; lost)
• String Trio (1926; lost)
• String Quartet No. 1 (1928)
• Sonatina No. 1 for violin and piano (1929; partly lost)
• Sonatina No. 2 for violin and piano (1929)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1929–30; lost)
• Easy Music for string quartet (c. 1930; lost)
• Octet (1931)
• String Trio No. 2 (1935)
• Sonatina No. 3 for violin and piano (1935)
• Sonatina No. 4 for violin and piano (1935)
• String Quartet No. 3 (1935)
• Piano Trio (1936)
• Little Chorale and Fugue for violin and piano (c. 1936)
• March of the Little Soldiers for violin and piano (c. 1936)
• Nocturne for violin and piano (c. 1937)
• Rondo for violin and piano (c. 1937)
• 8 Variations on a Greek Folk Tune for piano trio (1938)
• Gavotte for violin and piano (1939)
• Concertino for Oboe and Piano (1939)
• Scherzo for violin, viola, cello and piano (1936–40)
• Scherzo for violin and piano (c. 1940)
• Largo for cello and piano (c. 1940)
• Menuetto Cantato for violin and piano (c. 1940)
• 10 Sketches for string quartet (or string orchestra) (c. 1940)
• String Quartet No. 4 (1940)
• Duo for violin and viola (1939–42)
• Quartet for oboe, trumpet, bassoon and piano (1940–43)
• Concertino for trumpet and piano (1940–43)
• Tango and Foxtrot, for oboe, trumpet, bassoon and piano (1940–43)
• Sonata for violin and piano (1940–43)
• Sonata Concertante for bassoon and piano (1943)
• Petite Suite No. 1 for violin and piano (1946)
• Petite Suite No. 2 for violin and piano (1946)
• Duo for violin and cello (1947)
• 3 Greek Folksong arrangements for cello and piano (c. 1942–48)
• Bolero for cello and piano (1948–9)
• Tender Melody for cello and piano (1948–9)
• Serenata for cello and piano (1948–9)
• Sonatina for cello and piano (1949)
• Gero Dimos for string quartet (1949)

Vocal music

• Choral work (R. Stein) on the Unknown Soldier (1930; lost)
• Doe for voice and piano (1931)
• 16 Melodies for mezzo-soprano and piano (1941; texts by Hrissos Esperas)

Piano music

• Greek Suite (1924–25)
• 15 Little Variations (1927)
• Sonatina (1927)
• Suite No. 1 (1936)
• 32 Piano Pieces (1940)
• 4 Etudes (1941)
• Suite No. 2 (1941)
• Suite No. 3 (1941)
• Suite No. 4 (1941)
• Berceuse (1941)
• Echo (1946)
• Procession to Acheron (c. 1948)