Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Akrita's wife

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Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Frontierman songs
Area: Arghiropoli (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:3:14
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:30/03/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Akritas is an heroic figure in Greek folk literatute. In this case a bird warns him that his wife has been abducted by his enemies. He immediately puts down his plough and rushes to save her - Omal 9/8 (2.2.2.3).
Storage media:Νot given (CD 704)
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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