Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

The song of Yemen

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Turkish
Category:Laments
Area: Mantolithi (Haldia - Pontos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Turkish
Dance:-
Scale:D mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:04
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:16/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:A whole tradition of plaintive folk songs, still very popular all over Turkey, have been created concerning the bloodstained Ottoman 'yemen expeditions'.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 703)
Artists/Instruments
Michailidhis Efstathios:Singer
Michailidhis Efstathios:Kaval (A chromatic end-blown flute)
Photos Collection

Ευστάθιος Μιχαηλίδης, Μαυρολίθι - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1931)

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