Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Rosemary

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Couplets
Area: Olymbos (Karpathos - Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:25
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:28/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Of the opening phrases involved in this mantinada ('my eyes my own two eyes' or 'my rosemary'), the latter one gives its name to the set.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 521)
Artists/Instruments
Men from Karpathos:Choir
Protopapa Kyrannia:Singer
Photos Collection

Κυραννιά Πρωτόπαπα (από το αρχείο της Καλλιρόης Βόζου - Δεστέ, εγγονής του αδερφού της Κυραννιάς, Γεωργίου. Την φωτογραφία έδωσε στο ΜΛΑ η Βενετία Σκευοφύλακα)

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