List of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas



This is a list of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas.

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)