The book (phd thesis in the Department of Music, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2015) is dedicated to the pioneering work of the composer Yorgos Sicilianos (1920-2005), focusing mainly on the study of effects, the process and technique of the composition of specific works: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 (1955), String Quartet No. 4, Op. 28 (1967), Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 45 (1981) and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 51 (1987). As the author notes, "The book’s ultimate goal is to make accessible to performers and audiences some of the seminal works of Yorgos Sicilianos, one of the leading lights of post-war modernism in Greece.”
Foreword: Elli Giotopoulou-Sicilianou