Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Parting song

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Emigration songs
Area: Trebizond (Pontos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:-
Scale:D mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:23
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:16/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:5/8 (3.2) - According to Chalivopoulos this song was sung 'at the outskirts of the village where the villagers gathered to bid farewell to those leaving for foreign lands'.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 703)
Artists/Instruments
Chalyvopoulos Nikolaos:Pontic lyra (Kemençe)
Chalyvopoulos Nikolaos:Singer
Photos Collection

Νίκος Χαλυβόπουλος, Τραπεζούντα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Νίκος Χαλυβόπουλος, Τραπεζούντα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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