Dimitrios Lalas
Dimitrios Stergios Lalas or Lallas (Greek: Δημήτριος Στέργιος Λάλας ή Λάλλας) was a significant Greek composer and musician.
Dimitrios Stergios Lalas | |
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| Δημήτριος Στέργιος Λάλας | |
 Dimitrios Lalas in the late 19th or early 20th century. | |
| Born | 1844 or 1848 Magarevo, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia) |
| Died | 1911 Monastir |
| Education | University of Music and Performing Arts Munich |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Musician, Conductor |
| Notable work | "Makedonikos Paian" |
Biography
Lalas was born in 1844 or 1848 in Magarevo, then Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia).[1][2] He studied in Monastir, Thessaloniki, Athens and later in 1868-70 in the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich.[1] In 1870 he appears to have met the great German composer Richard Wagner and by 1876 he was his student and collaborator.[1][2]
He soon became the conductor of an Orchestra in Salzburg, while in Presburg he replaced the conductor Hans Richter at a concert of Wagner's works in the presence of Wagner himself.[1][2] During 1877-1881 he taught music in Chalki, and later settled in Thessaloniki. He was the teacher of Emilios Riadis.[1][3]
He cooperated with fellow Greek Macedonians, with whom he co-founded "Macedonian Defense" at the end of 1902, committees of which appeared in Greek Macedonian towns and villages, preparing its inhabitants for the upcoming Macedonian Struggle.[1] At some point, before 1906, Lalas composed a musical work on the Macedonian Struggle, entitled "Makedonikos Paian" (Μακεδονικός Παιάν).[1][2]
He died of cholera in 1911 in Monastir, and his works were lost in 1917.[1]
References
- Stoukas, Michalis (20 April 2019). "Δημήτριος Λάλλας (1844 - 1911): Ένας μεγάλος Μακεδόνας συνθέτης και πατριώτης". Proto Thema.
- Sagiaxis, G. Th. (26 February 2012). "Δημήτριος Στ. Λάλλας - Εξαίρετος συνθέτης και πιανίστας με καταγωγή από το Μεγάροβο Πελαγονίας".
- Samson, Jim (2013). Music in the Balkans. BRILL. p. 322. ISBN 978-9004250383.
