Harilaos Perpessas
Harilaos Perpessas was a Greek composer of the Postmodern Era. He studied mainly with Arnold Schoenberg in Berlin. There he met Nikos Skalkottas but he remained opposed to both composers' compositional methods. After his first arrival in Greece in 1934 he became more actively involved in composition.
He often kept revising his works withholding them from publication.Works
Orchestral: Dionysos Dithyramben ; Prelude and Fugue in C ; Symphony No. 2, completed as Sym. `Christus', 1948–50; Symphonic Variations on Beethoven's Eighth Symphony, 1953–60; orchestration of J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge ;
Other works: Piano Sonata, ; String Quartet ; Restoration, tetralogy, 1963–73: The Song of the Concentration Camp , The Opening of the Seventh Seal , Conjunction, The Infinite Bliss.
