Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Woman of Tylliria (Th. Kallinikos)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Love songs
Area: Cyprus
Nationality:Greek
Language:Cypriot dialect
Dance:Sirtos (from Cyprus)
Scale:-
Collector:-
Recording Date:01/01/1964
Duration:4:41
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:14/02/1994
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Sung exclusively in the region of Tylliria. It is a light humorous song with a melodic line based on an ancient Aeolian chant.
Storage media:Folk songs of Greek Isles (LP 1)
Artists/Instruments
Choir of Cyprus:Choir
Anonymous:Violin
Anonymous:Lute
Kallinikos Th.:Singer

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