Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Dirge (Kyrannia Nioti)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Laments (songs)
Area: Olymbos (Karpathos - Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:-
Scale:3 note combination (D - E - F)
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:01
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:28/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:The final syllables of each verse are whispered. 'Brother' is a common familiar greeting among Carpathians.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 521)
Artists/Instruments
Nioti Kyrannia:Singer

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