Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Historical ballad

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Historical / Klephtic ballads
Area: Chouliaradhes (Ioannina - Epirus)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Table song
Scale:Pentatonic scale (minor)
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:16
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:10/07/1996
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:A song extolling the courage of a well known family of Greek freedom fighters of the 1800's, who had the courage to celebrate Easter in a grand manner in spite of opposite Turkish orders.
Storage media:Chouliaradhes (LP 228)
Artists/Instruments
Dalas Vassilios (Vassilis Karagiozis):Lute
Male voices:Choir
Sontis Ghakis:Singer
Photos Collection

Βασίλειος Ντάλας (ή Βασίλης Καραγκιόζης), Ιωάννινα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Γάκης Σόντης, Χουλιαράδες - Ήπειρος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Γάκης Σόντης, Χουλιαράδες - Ήπειρος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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