Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Easter dance

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Easter songs
Area: Chouliaradhes (Ioannina - Epirus)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:Ghenikos strotos
Scale:4 note combination (C - D - F - G)
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:2:17
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:10/07/1996
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:The text speaks of a tree springing miraculously from the ground around the tomb of Christ. It also describes His sufferings on the Holy Cross. Performed on Easter.
Storage media:Chouliaradhes (LP 228)
Artists/Instruments
Sontis Ghakis:Singer
Photos Collection

Γάκης Σόντης, Χουλιαράδες - Ήπειρος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Γάκης Σόντης, Χουλιαράδες - Ήπειρος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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