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Μίκης Θεοδωράκης & Μαρία Φαραντούρη [Mikis Theodorakis & Maria Farantouri] – The Ballad of Mauthausen / Six Songs

Μίκης Θεοδωράκης & Μαρία Φαραντούρη [Mikis Theodorakis & Maria Farantouri] – The Ballad of Mauthausen / Six Songs

Greece, 1966, entechna / contemporary folk The ballad is music based on the poems of Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης (Iakovos Kambanellis), a concentration camp survivor who wrote about the Holocaust, the music itself being composed/conducted by Mikis Theodorakis, the vocals passionately performed by Maria Farantouri. The other six songs, renamed the Farantouri Cycle later in honor of the singer, are…

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Kambanellis poem “Song Of Songs”

Beyond the bleak and frozen square, above the yellow linen star, no heart will ever beat again because the beautiful have lost their way to paradise. All the whys have lost their reason, braves the will to fight.

If there is a God in heaven, where was he, sleeping?

Oh, children of Auschwitz, oh, children of Dachau, oh, come tell me what became of love, oh, come tell me what became of love, oh, come tell me what became of love.

They journey past the land of no returning where no one could imagine or endure and there, love begged of God to sleep no more.

Above the tortured, blackened valleys, beyond the northern crimson sea, no bird could ever sing again because the bitter moon has wept away the summer sun. You can rake away the ashes, but the deed is done.

If there is a God in heaven, where was he, sleeping?

Oh, children of Mauthausen, oh, children of Belsen, oh, come tell me what became of love, oh, come tell me what became of love.

If there is a God in heaven, where was he, sleeping?

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The "Mauthausen Trilogy" also known as "The Ballad of Mauthausen", and the "Mauthausen Cantata", is a cycle of four arias with lyrics based on poems written by Greek poet Iakovos Kambanellis, a Mauthausen concentration camp survivor, and music written by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. 

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Books by Greek Authors

Literary Fiction: The Trojan Women and Other Plays by Euripides

Graphic Novel: Ο Μπλεκ και οι... άλλοι: Οι χάρτινοι ήρωες του Στέλιου Ανεμοδουρά by Giorgos Pol. Papadakis

Mystery: Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis

Fantasy: Ενυδρία by Βάγια Ψευτάκη (Aquarium by Vagia Pseftaki)

Historical Fiction: Freedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis

Horror: The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Romance: Mauthausen by Iakovos Kambanellis (true story)

Science Fiction: Αγέννητοι Αδελφοί by Μιχάλης Μανωλιός (Unborn Brothers by Michalis Manolios)

Short Stories: Something Will Happen, You’ll See by Christos Ikonomou

Thriller: Z by Vasslis Vassilikos

Auto/Biographies: Dandelions for Dinner: Greece at War and a Family's Dreams of America by Sam P. Stamatis and Peter S. Stamatis

History: The Histories by Herodotus

Poetry: If Not Winter by Sappho

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The Backyard of Miracles - Η Αυλη των Θαυματων

The Backyard of Miracles – Η Αυλη των Θαυματων

Between the old walls, an iron staircase, a few pots of flowers and a mattress for bed, one wonders what the miracle is. Iakovos Kambanellis’ play, The Backyard of Miracles, gives the opportunity to the Greek audience to stand in front of its own lives and history, and eventually find the answer to this question. (more…)

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Diplomatische Akademie Wien Festsaal IAKOVOS KAMBANELLIS UND SEIN WERK IN WIEN "HUNDERT KUNSTWERKE DER FREIHEIT" Do, 22. Juli 2021 | 15 - 18 Uhr Elena Strubakis präsentiert zu Ehren von Iakovos Kambanellis und seinem einzigen Prosawerk „Die Freiheit kam im Mai“ Ausstellung: 22.07. - 24.07.2021 Öffnungszeiten: Do, 22. Juli 2021 | 15 - 18 Uhr Fr, 23. Juli, 10 - 18 h / Sa, 24. Juli, 10 - 18 h Favoritenstraße 15a 1040 Wien, Austria https://diablog.eu/allgemein/iakovos-kambanellis-in-wien-mauthausen/ https://www.da-vienna.ac.at/en/Events/MoreInformation/Id/3531/Iakovos-Kambanellis-und-sein-Werk-in-Wienbr-Hundert-Kunstwerke-der-Freiheit- @lisl_steiner @brittadion (hier: Diplomatische Akademie Wien) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRoBGn8H6RK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Beginning with the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp by the Americans and continuing through the months that followed before the prisoners were repatriated, lakovos Kambanellis' Mauthausen tells the story of a remarkable love affair between two former prisoners. The events of the story are all true, but they read like a strange fairy-tale. The euphoria of the first days of the Liberation, the slow awakening of the inmates to the possibilities of love and normalcy, the beauty of the spring landscape in which the lovers walk hand-in-hand make the atrocities that preceded them seem inconceivable. And like the lovers who walk through the camp exorcizing its demons, we are spared no detail of the savagery perpetuated in the years of its operation. Kambanellis' account is based on the notes he made just after he was liberated. In the twenty years that passed between his experiences and the publishing of his memoir in Greek, he became a mature writer and Greece's best known playwright. Like Primo Levi's writing about his experience in Auschwitz, Kambanellis' Mauthausen is both a literary masterpiece and a testament to the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

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@da_vienna Diplomatische Akademie Wien Festsaal IAKOVOS KAMBANELLIS UND SEIN WERK IN WIEN "HUNDERT KUNSTWERKE DER FREIHEIT" Do, 22. Juli 2021 | 15 - 18 Uhr #ElenaStrubakis präsentiert zu Ehren von Iakovos Kambanellis und seinem einzigen Prosawerk „Die Freiheit kam im Mai“ Ausstellung: 22.07. - 24.07.2021 Öffnungszeiten: Do, 22. Juli 2021 | 15 - 18 Uhr Fr, 23. Juli, 10 - 18 h / Sa, 24. Juli, 10 - 18 h Favoritenstraße 15a 1040 Wien, Austria https://diablog.eu/allgemein/iakovos-kambanellis-in-wien-mauthausen/ https://www.da-vienna.ac.at/en/Events/MoreInformation/Id/3531/Iakovos-Kambanellis-und-sein-Werk-in-Wienbr-Hundert-Kunstwerke-der-Freiheit- @brittadion #lislsteiner @robertbaldridgeofficial rrobert Baldridge (hier: Diplomatische Akademie Wien) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRn9PvJlE3L/?utm_medium=tumblr