Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

I plucked an apple (Th. Kallinikos)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Love songs
Area: Cyprus
Nationality:Greek
Language:Cypriot dialect
Dance:Milo 9/8 (3.2.2.2)
Scale:-
Collector:-
Recording Date:01/01/1964
Duration:4:30
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:14/02/1994
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:The 'Apple' is a dance known throughout Cyprus. It is danced by men facing each other. Based on a typical rythm of its own (9/8) it has a characteristic charm.
Storage media:Folk songs of Greek Isles (LP 1)
Artists/Instruments
Choir of Cyprus:Choir
Kallinikos Th.:Singer

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