Dionysius Rodotheatos [SEP] occupation
Dionysius Rodotheatos
Dionysius Rodotheatos (Greek: Διονύσιος Ροδοθεάτος, Italian: "Dionisio Rodoteato"; 1849, Ithaca – 1892, Corfu) was a Greek conductor and composer.
Biography.
His father was a prominent judge from Ithaca, but Rodotheatos passed his youth in Corfu, where he received his first lessons in the study of music with Nikolaos Mantzaros, the 'father' of the Ionian school.
After staying at Corfu for some time he travelled to Italy in order to continue his studies at the "Conservatorio
notable for the birth of the first School of modern Greek classical music (Heptanesian or Ionian School; Greek: Επτανησιακή Σχολή), established in 1815. Prominent representatives of this genre include Nikolaos Mantzaros, Spyridon Xyndas, Spyridon Samaras, Dionysius Rodotheatos and Pavlos Carrer.
The Church music (Byzantine) of the islands is also different from the rest of Greece, with significant western and Catholic influences on the Orthodox rite.
Classical music Greek National School.
Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962) was the founder of the Greek National School