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The song of Daskaloyannes (Modern Greek Heroic Oral Poetry)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Historical songs
Area: Crete
Nationality:Greek
Language:Greek
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Notopoulos Iakovos
Recording Place:Askyfou, Chania-Crete
Recording Date:01/01/1952
Recording Responsible:Notopoulos Iakovos
Duration:3:27
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:14/04/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:The song is about the tragic failure of the revolt of Daskaloyiannes of Sphakia in 1770.
Storage media:Modern Greek Heroic Oral Poetry (LP 75)
Artists/Instruments
Karkanis Manoussos:Singer
Photos Collection

Μανώλης Καρκάνης (Ασκύφου / Χανιά 1954)

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