Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Papagiorgis or Varlaam's cell

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Historical songs
Area: Krania (Trikala - Thessaly)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Table song
Scale:-
Collector:The Melpo Merlier Folk Music Archives
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:51
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:05/01/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Papagiorgis is one of the most enigmatic figures among 'kleftes'. His actions have nothing to do with the heroic stories of the 19th century. It is a merely predatory invasion against a monastery.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 598)
Artists/Instruments
Stavrothohdoros Stefanos:Singer
Photos Collection

Στέφανος Σταυροθόδωρος, Κρανιά Τρικάλων - Θεσσαλία (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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