Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Syrmatikos

Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Ballades
Area: Karpathos (Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Kato (6/8) & Ghonatistos (2/4)
Scale:D mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:6:32
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:23/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:This ballad is known as 'Complain of the lass'. 'Syrmatikos' is the name given at Olympos, Carpathos, to the typical tune standard to songs with many stanzas.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 520)
Artists/Instruments
Women from Olympos:Choir
Papanikolaou Komninos:Lute
Niotis Manolis:Singer
Niotis Manolis:Lyra
Photos Collection

Μανώλης Νιοτής, Όλυμπος Καρπάθου (περίπου 1960)

Κομνηνός Παπανικολάου, Όλυμπος Καρπάθου (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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