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The bridge of Adana

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Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Ballades
Area: Potamia (Cappadocia)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Cappadocian dialect
Dance:Makroulos 4/4
Scale:-
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:08/06/2010
Register:Thanassis Moraitis
Comment:A Cappadocian variation of 'The bridge of Arta', a ballad about a bridge that ceases to tumble down at night only when the master builder sacrifices his wife - Makroulos dance 4/4.
Storage media:Merlier (78rpm) 045 (78 rpm 045)
Artists/Instruments
Chatzitheodhorou Maria:Singer
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Δίσκος 78 rpm (Μερλιέ 045/από τη συλλογή του ΜΛΑ)

Μαρία Χατζηθεοδώρου Ποτάμια - Καππαδοκία (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Μαρία Χατζηθεοδώρου Ποτάμια - Καππαδοκία (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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