Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Your songs will outlive you

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Couplets
Area: Trebizond (Pontos)
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:Omal 9/8 (2.2.2.3)
Scale:D mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:25
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:30/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Omal 9/8 (2.2.2.3) - The singer tells us here that his songs are very old and that he is happy that they are being recorded as this will make them immortal. He also praises the bride and the bestman.
Storage media:Νot given (CD 704)
Artists/Instruments
Chalyvopoulos Nikolaos:Pontic lyra (Kemençe)
Chalyvopoulos Nikolaos:Singer
Photos Collection

Νίκος Χαλυβόπουλος, Τραπεζούντα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Νίκος Χαλυβόπουλος, Τραπεζούντα (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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