Ioannis Fulias, “Konstantin
D. Economo: a pioneer of the science of musicology in interwar Greece”, Musicología
21, Athens
2013, p.
201-233.
Among the manifold
sources of Greek music historiography are surely placed all music periodicals
that flourished especially during the first decade of the 20th century as well
as around 1930. Focusing on the second of these brief periods of time in which
Greek music periodicals were circulating, the contribution of Konstantin D.
Economo in the local cultivation of musicology is impressive not only for its
volume and the range of topics that covers, but also for its incomparable
qualitative dimension and its genuine scientific orientation, which of course
stems from the fact that this author was one of the first Greeks who made
comprehensive musicological studies abroad. So, in this paper we try to find
information on the life and the career of this – completely forgotten after
1930s – Doctor of musicology of the University of Vienna as well as to make a
first classification and critical presentation of his hitherto known writings,
which cover the period from 1924 to 1936 and include articles in newspapers and
periodicals of that era along with an (only partially published) monograph
entitled Aesthetics of music.
© Ioannis
Fulias