Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

John the shepherd

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Frontierman songs
Area: Arghiropoli (Pontos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:Omal 9/8 (2.2.2.3)
Scale:C mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:09
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:16/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:This song speaks of a shepherd who wakes up to discover that the wolf has eaten up his sheep - Omal 9/8 (2.2.2.3).
Storage media:Νot given (CD 703)
Artists/Instruments
Tiftikidhis Nikolaos:Pontic lyra (Kemençe)
Tiftikidhis Nikolaos:Singer
Photos Collection

Νικόλαος Τιφτικίδης, Τσιμπρικά - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Νικόλαος Τιφτικίδης, Τσιμπρικά - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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