Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Santa's dance

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Satirical songs
Area: Trebizond (Pontos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:Tik 2/4
Scale:-
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:21
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:16/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:This is the story of a man who couldn't pay the bill at the coffee-house and was kicked naked out of the shop. Santa is the name of a village. Tik 2/4.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 703)
Artists/Instruments
Orphanidhis Yannis:Pontic lyra (Kemençe)
Iossifidhou Xanthipi:Singer
Photos Collection

Ξανθίππη Ιωσηφίδου, Τραπεζούντα - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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