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This paper is a discourse on key arrangement features, as presented in the violin & piano arrangement of the "44 Pieces Enfantines sur des airs populaires Grecs" by Greek composer Yannis Konstandinidis (1903-1984), that set new standards for chamber music educational material. The proposed orchestrational approach in the arrangement facilitates the development of specific aptitudes in students - inherent in and required by most chamber music works - such as broader musical perception, multi-tasking, active communication between performers that in turn result in a mutually shaped and cohesive interpretation of music. These features include ostinato lines, thematic variations, idiomatic and intuitive writing for both violin and piano, integration of humoristic elements where permitted by the original composition and non-static orchestration - with an emphasis in role-exchange between instruments. Examples of the latter, with in-depth analysis and live performance of relative works from the arrangement, complement the presentation of this paper.
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Augustin Moustakas is a composer, violin/chamber music teacher (Master in Performance - String Quartet) and PhD student researching String Quartet pedagogy at the Department of Musical Studies - NUA. He studied violin with P.Despotidis (Principal Violin, Athens State Orchestra) and G.Demertzis (New Hellenic String Quartet) and composition with B.Kanas.
He works consistently in chamber music (“ASON” and “Aella” String Quartets) and developed educational material in collaboration with the Musical Talent Development Program - University of Cyprus and Panasmusic firm (arrangement of the “44 Pieces Enfantines sur des airs populaires Grecs” Vol.2, for violin and piano, by Yiannis Konstandinidis).
