Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

My darling one - I soothe my heart

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Couplets
Area: Olymbos (Karpathos - Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Kato dance
Scale:G mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:33
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:23/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Baud-Bovy classifies this tunes as 'mantinades' or 'airs'. In Rhodes and Casos 'airs' are 'sitting-down' (free and slow), whereas at Olympos Carpathos they can also be danced on the steps of the 'Cato' dance - 'I soothe my heart': mode D.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 520)
Artists/Instruments
Papanikolaou Komninos:Lute
Women from Karpathos:Choir
Niotis Manolis:Singer
Niotis Manolis:Lyra
Photos Collection

Μανώλης Νιοτής, Όλυμπος Καρπάθου (περίπου 1960)

Κομνηνός Παπανικολάου, Όλυμπος Καρπάθου (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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