Karyotakis, Theodore
(1903–1978)> COMPOSER
Karyotakis, TheodoreKaryotakis, TheodoreTheodore Karyotakis (* b 21 July 1903, Argos - † d 14 June 1978, Athens) Greek composer, first cousin of the eminent poet Kostas Karyotakis (1896-1928). He started composing at 11, by setting to music, for voice and guitar the poem The Spring, by Dionyssios Solomos and an operetta, America, for voices and piano, In ca 1917 his family settled in Athens, where his studies and career were uneventful: he enrolled at the Athens Conservatory, where he studied…