Greek Resistance Members: Iannis Xenakis, Sotiria Bellou, Aris Velouchiotis, George Psychoundakis, Menios Koutsogiorgas, Manolis Glezos by Source Wikipedia (Paperback / softback, 2011) for sale online

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Please te that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Iannis Xenakis, Sotiria Bellou, Aris Velouchiotis, George Psychoundakis, Menios Koutsogiorgas, Malis Glezos, Charilaos Florakis, Napoleon Zervas, Georgios Siantos, Stefas Sarafis, Georgios Kartalis, Yiannis Ritsos, Komnis Pyromaglou, Nikos Beloyannis, Moisis Michail Bourlas, Ilias Tsirimokos, Dimitris Glis, Nikos Ploumpidis, Apostolos Santas, Archbishop Seraphim of Athens, Antonis Vratsas, Dimitrios Psarros, Minas Dimakis, Terpsichori Chryssoulaki-Vlachou, Vasilios Sachinis, Michalis Papazoglou, Elias Degiannis. Excerpt: Iannis Xenakis (Greek pronunciation: , Greek: ) (May 29, 1922 - February 4, 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers. Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models such as applications of set theory, varied use of stochastic processes, game theory, etc., in music, and was also an important influence on the development of electronic music. Among his most important works are Metastaseis (1953-4) for orchestra, which introduced independent parts for every musician of the orchestra; percussion works such as Psappha (1975) and Pleiades (1979); compositions that introduced spatialization by dispersing musicians among the audience, such as Terretektorh (1966); electronic works created using Xenakis's UPIC system; and the massive multimedia performances Xenakis called polytopes. Among the numerous theoretical writings he authored, the book Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition (1971) is regarded as one of his most important. As an architect, Xenakis is primarily kwn for his early work under Le Corbusier: the Sainte Marie de La Tourette, on which the two architects collaborated, and the Philips Pavilion at Ex...