# List of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas

This is a list of compositions by Nikos Skalkottas.

## The list
### Orchestral works

* Symphonic Suite No. 1 (1929)
* 36 Greek Dances (1931–36; new orchestrations of many dances made 1949, and individual numbers arranged for other ensembles – see e.g. String Orchestra)
* Overture (often called Symphony) The Return of Ulysses (c. 1942)
* Symphonic Suite No. 2 (1944–46; 1949; orchestration unfinished; the movements listed have been performed as separate works)
** 1. Overtüre Concertante
** 4. Largo Sinfonico
** 5. Tema con variazioni (orchestration unfinished)
* Classical Symphony for wind orchestra, two harps and double basses (1947)
* Ancient Greek March (1947; in two versions by the composer: small symphony orchestra and wind orchestra)
* Four Images (1948; orchestrated from movements of ballet The Land and sea of Greece)
* Sinfonietta in B-flat minor (1948–9)
* Greek Dance in C minor (1949? – unrelated to the 36 Greek Dances)

### Concertos

* Concerto Grosso for wind orchestra (1928–31; lost)
* Concerto for violin, piano and chamber orchestra (1930)
* Piano Concerto No. 1 (1931)
* Concertino for 2 pianos and orchestra (1935)
* Piano Concerto No. 2 (1937)
* Violin Concerto (1938)
* Cello Concerto (1938; lost)
* Concertino for Oboe and Piano (1939; later adapted for solo oboe and chamber orchestra by Gunther Schuller)
* Piano Concerto No. 3 (1939; for piano and 10 wind instruments)
* Concerto for violin, viola and large wind orchestra (1940–42)
* Double Bass Concerto (1942)
* Concerto for 2 violins (1944–45; not orchestrated)
* Piano Concertino (1948–49)
* Nocturne-Divertimento for xylophone and orchestra (1949)

### Ballets

* The Maiden and Death (1938, revised 1946)
* The Gnomes (1939; partly based on piano pieces by Bartók and Stravinsky)
* Island Images, ballet suite (1943; not orchestrated)
* The Beauty with the Rose (1946)
* The Land and the Sea of Greece (1947–48; not orchestrated except first four movements as Four Images)
* The Sea (1948–49)

### Works for string orchestra

* 3 Greek Dances (1936)
* 7 Greek Dances (1936)
* 10 Sketches (c. 1940)
* Little Suite for strings (1942)

### Incidental music

* Mayday Spell, a Fairy Drama for soprano, speakers and orchestra (1944; 1949)
* Henry V, incidental music for Athens Radio (1947–48)

### Chamber music

* Sonata for solo violin (1925)
* String Quartet (1926; lost)
* String Trio (1926; lost)
* String Quartet No. 1 (1928)
* Sonatina No. 1 for violin and piano (1929; partly lost)
* Sonatina No. 2 for violin and piano (1929)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1929–30; lost)
* Easy Music for string quartet (c. 1930; lost)
* Octet (1931)
* String Trio No. 2 (1935)
* Sonatina No. 3 for violin and piano (1935)
* Sonatina No. 4 for violin and piano (1935)
* String Quartet No. 3 (1935)
* Piano Trio (1936)
* Little Chorale and Fugue for violin and piano (c. 1936)
* March of the Little Soldiers for violin and piano (c. 1936)
* Nocturne for violin and piano (c. 1937)
* Rondo for violin and piano (c. 1937)
* 8 Variations on a Greek Folk Tune for piano trio (1938)
* Gavotte for violin and piano (1939)
* Concertino for Oboe and Piano (1939)
* Scherzo for violin, viola, cello and piano (1936–40)
* Scherzo for violin and piano (c. 1940)
* Largo for cello and piano (c. 1940)
* Menuetto Cantato for violin and piano (c. 1940)
* 10 Sketches for string quartet (or string orchestra) (c. 1940)
* String Quartet No. 4 (1940)
* Duo for violin and viola (1939–42)
* Quartet for oboe, trumpet, bassoon and piano (1940–43)
* Concertino for trumpet and piano (1940–43)
* Tango and Foxtrot, for oboe, trumpet, bassoon and piano (1940–43)
* Sonata for violin and piano (1940–43)
* Sonata Concertante for bassoon and piano (1943)
* Petite Suite No. 1 for violin and piano (1946)
* Petite Suite No. 2 for violin and piano (1946)
* Duo for violin and cello (1947)
* 3 Greek Folksong arrangements for cello and piano (c. 1942–48)
* Bolero for cello and piano (1948–9)
* Tender Melody for cello and piano (1948–9)
* Serenata for cello and piano (1948–9)
* Sonatina for cello and piano (1949)
* Gero Dimos for string quartet (1949)

### Vocal music

* Choral work (R. Stein) on the Unknown Soldier (1930; lost)
* Doe for voice and piano (1931)
* 16 Melodies for mezzo-soprano and piano (1941; texts by Hrissos Esperas)

### Piano music

* Greek Suite (1924–25)
* 15 Little Variations (1927)
* Sonatina (1927)
* Suite No. 1 (1936)
* 32 Piano Pieces (1940)
* 4 Etudes (1941)
* Suite No. 2 (1941)
* Suite No. 3 (1941)
* Suite No. 4 (1941)
* Berceuse (1941)
* Echo (1946)
* Procession to Acheron (c. 1948)