Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Lament

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Laments (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:3:18
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:16/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Here Chalivopoulos sings the lament of a mother for her son. Why didn't her husband die instead? The loss of her child makes her feel like an orphan.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 703)
Artists/Instruments
Chalyvopoulos Nikolaos:Singer
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Νίκος Χαλυβόπουλος, Τραπεζούντα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Νίκος Χαλυβόπουλος, Τραπεζούντα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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