Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Invocation to the Virgin Mary

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Various
Area: Kromni (Pontos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:Tik 2/4
Scale:E mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:1:28
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:30/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:This song begins as an invocation to the Virgin Mary to save the village from the 'bad doctor' (sic) and ends up as a love song. Tik 2/4.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 704)
Artists/Instruments
Korsavidhou Athina:Singer
Photos Collection

Αθηνά Κορσαβίδου, Κρώμνη - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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