Score & Part
Leaving for New York City : for violin and piano / Constantine Koukias.
Library shelf no. 787.2/KOU 3 [Available for loan]
Work Overview
Early in the twentieth century, the Ioannina Jews (numbering almost four thousand) were under immense pressure, due mainly to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. About forty percent of the Jewish community were forced to immigrate at that time, primarily to New York.
On March 25, 1944, 1870 Jews were arrested in Ioannina and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau to be exterminated. Only ninety-five survived and joined around seventy others who escaped capture by the German troops. This concert work for Violin and Piano is from my Song Cycle 'Before The Flame Goes Out' (Final Movement) and has been edited as a stand-alone concert work.
Work Details
Year: 2014
Instrumentation: Violin, piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Very high violin register
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