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Calinifta

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Love song / Matinata
Area: S. Italy, Corigliano (Salento), Salento (Italy)
Nationality:Italian
Language:Hellenophon S. Italy
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Dhionissopoulos Nikos, Liavas Lambros
Recording Place:Corigliano, Salento
Recording Date:01/04/1981
Recording Responsible:Dionyssopoulos Nikos - Liavas Lambros
Duration:3:00
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:18/12/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:In this region love songs are known as 'Mantinates' because they were often sung in the early hours after midnight, usually with guitar accompaniment.
Storage media:The Hellenic musical tradition in South Italy (LP 151)
Artists/Instruments
Villagers' group from Corigliano:Choir
Manza Giovanni:Singer
Anonymous:Harmonica (Chromatic accordion originated in Asia Minor)
Anonymous:Tamborello (Tambourine)
Anonymous:Koupa-koupa

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