Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Pisomeri

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Wedding songs
Area: Kasos (Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:-
Scale:C mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:21
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:28/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Although the distich recorded here is a nuptial one, 'Pisomeri' is no wedding air. Carpathos is the tune's most likely island of origin, as Pisomeri is one of the 'lower' villages of Carpathos.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 521)
Artists/Instruments
Tsambouniari Irini:Singer
Tsambouniari Evagelia:Singer

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