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Erotokritos (Modern Greek Heroic Oral Poetry)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Narrative songs
Area: Crete
Nationality:Greek
Language:Cretan dialect
Dance:-
Scale:-
Collector:Notopoulos Iakovos
Recording Place:Sfakia, Crete
Recording Date:01/01/1952
Recording Responsible:Notopoulos Iakovos
Duration:2:37
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, A capella
Register Information
Register date:14/04/1995
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:An epic romance of 10,052 verses written in 1645 by Vitsentzos Kornaros.
Storage media:Modern Greek Heroic Oral Poetry (LP 75)
Artists/Instruments
Skordhilis Dhimitrios:Singer
Kornaros Vitsentzos:Poetry

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