Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (composer)

Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Agathophron (Greek Konstandínos Agathófron Nikolopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Αγαθόφρων Νικολόπουλος, in France, Constantine Nicolo - poulo; Smyrna * 1786, † 1841 in Paris) was a Greek composer, musicologist, writer and philologist.

Nikolopoulos was the son of an educated refugee from Andritsena. He spent his childhood in his hometown of Smyrna, where he also studied for several years at the famous Evangelical scholi ( Ευαγγελική Σχολή, about, Protestant Institute '). In 1806, the family went to Paris, Nikolopoulos was librarian at the Institut de France, but devoted himself alongside private studies. At the same time he became involved in the philhellenic movement for its own Greek government on the basis of ancient cultural heritage. He was a member of Filiki Eteria, the Elliniko Komitato ( Ελληνικό Κομιτάτο ) and the Philo Muse society.

After his father's death in 1838 he bequeathed his entire private library ( 3,500 volumes) of the city Andritsena, where they became the basis of today bears his town library. Even before Nikolopoulos was able to follow the invitation of the city Andritsena, he died in 1841 suddenly and unexpectedly lockjaw.

Nikolopoulos worked as a researcher of the music of Ancient Greece such as the editor of ancient authors; as a writer, he wrote mainly patriotic calls to the Greeks to revolt against the Tourkokratia.

His compositions consisted mainly of compositions on ancient Greek texts for solo voices or choir and piano in the form of hymns or scenic cantatas, so he set a year before his death, the Olympic Ode of Pindar. He also wrote vocal music salon in the form of romances and songs, some significance to report his liturgical music for the Orthodox worship, the early polyphonic elements, including Kyrie eleison a, a Kyrie soson tous eusebeis and Ten Oraioteta.