Costas Tsougras (composer-musicologist) is associate professor of systematic musicology and music analysis at the School of Music of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He studied musicology at the Aristotle University (BMus and PhD) and composition at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki. His PhD research involved the adaptation of the Generative Theory of Tonal Music for the analysis of Y. Constantinidis ‘44 Greek Miniatures’ (University Studio Press, 2003). He has published theoretical and analytical work in book chapters (Springer, Routledge), international/Greek journals (JIMS, Musicae Scientiae, Polyphonia, et al.) and conference proceedings on GTTM/TPS, cognitive and computational models, and analyses of Greek/European music. His compositions have been performed and recorded by acclaimed musicians and ensembles.
Contact : tsougras@mus.auth.gr
Séance - Constructing Meaning, Constructing Identity: Classical Topics and Schemata, Musorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition', and Brahem's Film Music 9.I.2 : Meaning Construction through Conceptual Blending - A Hermeneutical Analysis of "Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle" from Modest Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
