The Greek Communist Party has announced the death of composer Thanos Mikroutsikos, a prolific musician who succeeded Melina Mercouri as minister of culture in 1994.
Much of his music was agit-prop, though not without charm.
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Not sure why you label him as communist
Thanos was a composer and musician respected by all Greeks
His music touched all Greeks from all spectrum of life
His political beliefs has nothing to do
You see, in the USA everyone with whom they don’t agree with is a communist.
Or a fascist – depending on where you sit on the political spectrum.
The nonsense you are referring to, which sometimes spills over to Slippeddisc discussions, is unrelated.
Greece has a real communist party, that is still represented in the parliament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Greece
Is this Milva singing?
The correct spelling is Mikroutsikos.
Thanos was a lovely person to all Greeks and not only communists. His work contains also much classical music-opera, electronic music, chamber etc, and is not at all agit-prop, rather social sensitive, human and caring. He will be missed….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf9bAmegas0&list=PLw3Mt4FUg5YTB1c92I_n9a7AILhdKzXMR&index=2
As far as I can tell, the announcement of Mikroutsikos’ death came from his family, not the Communist Party. The latter was quick to issue a tribute, since he was indeed a communist.
But he was also a widely respected, indeed beloved, prolific and original composer, so we can expect tributes to come from the entire political spectrum, and from many walks of life.
I wonder what part of communism he admired? Was it the torture and death squads, the naming and shaming of neighbors, the Gulag, the millions who died under Stalin……what? Pick a card.
Intelligence isn’t a prerequisite.
I can try to approximate your question. If you have further questions, please articulate them rationally.
More than once, I’ve read or heard Mikroutsikos quote Karl Marx. I believe he was first and foremost a Marxist.
Otherwise, between some of his choices of lyrics and other statements, he seems to have looked at Greece’s 1940s civil war from a leftist viewpoint. (Greece was and to some extent still is very polarized about its civil war.)
Mikroutsikos had been a member of the Greek Communist Party, which has been traditionally oriented towards Russia. I have no idea where they currently stand. Even in the 1990s they seemed to me like a bizarre relic of the past; I left Greece 16 years ago.
As a composer, however, he appealed across the Greek population. This has been stressed also elsewhere in this discussion. Personally I have a lot of respect for his work as a musician, although I cannot relate to his political beliefs.
Very unfortunate title and misspelling of his name!
Rest in peace Athanasios “Thanos” Mikroutsikos.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/12/28/greek-composer-thanos-mikroutsikos-dies-at-72/?fbclid=IwAR0cvLN0jQxmXgavNe_3n9doiZSOukfHyJC5yoY5E8VDwhbGE2MIibK37go