Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Air of the anti-clockwise dance

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Couplets
Area: Kasos (Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Zervos 2/4
Scale:C mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:21
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:14/09/2010
Register:Thanassis Moraitis
Comment:Saint Marina is the island's old capital town. 'Zervos', literally meaning leftward, is a Dodecanesian dance, mainly done by women, with an overall clockwise motion.
Storage media:Merlier (78rpm) 103 (78 rpm 103)
Artists/Instruments
Tsambouniari Irini:Singer
Tsambouniari Evagelia:Singer
Photos Collection

Δίσκος 78 rpm (Μερλιέ 103/από τη συλλογή του ΜΛΑ)

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