Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Ballad of the 'Arta Bridge'

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Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Ballades
Area: Arghiropoli (Pontos), Pontos
Nationality:Greek
Language:Pontic dialect
Dance:Omal
Scale:-
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:23/12/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:14
Other characteristics:Performed by natives
Register Information
Register date:05/06/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Omal - A ballad about a bridge that ceases to tumble down at night only when the master builder sacrifices his wife.
Storage media:Europe 1 (LP 83)
Artists/Instruments
Tiftikidhis Nikolaos:Pontic lyra (Kemençe)
Tiftikidhis Nikolaos:Singer
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Νικόλαος Τιφτικίδης, Τσιμπρικά - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

Νικόλαος Τιφτικίδης, Τσιμπρικά - Πόντος (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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