Greece: Traditional Music

Various Artists

After two millennia under the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires, not to mention musical invasions from the West, what remains of Greece’s early musical heritage? What can be called “Greek”? Although the origins of musical genres and systems identified with the country are often confused, misunderstood, and mislabeled, this 1970 collection provides fourteen vivid examples of vocal and instrumental music from mountain and island regions that have maintained the closest ties to ancient tradition.

The liner notes also provide information about each song and a brief history of Greek music.

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This album is part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. More than 125 albums are being released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to make the series publicly available, including a dozen never-released albums of musical traditions from around the globe.

Track Listing

101	Miroloi	Sabbas Siatras, Photis Chalkias, Anastasis Chalkias, Polychro Chalkias, Chrisots Litos	5:14
102	Wedding Song from North Epirus	Sabbas Siatras, Photis Chalkias, Anastasis Chalkias, Polychro Chalkias, Chrisots Litos	4:34
103	Shepherd's Song	Leonidas Koufoianis	3:03
104	Clarinet Solo	Leonidas Koufoianis	1:20
105	Klephtic Song	Christos Panoytsos, Kyriakos Kosoulas, Georgios Florios, Yorgos Tikos	5:20
106	Skaros	Kyriakos Kosoulas, Georgios Florios, Yorgos Tikos	3:49
107	Thracian Air	Kariofilis Doitsidis	3:20
108	Table Song	Theopoula Doitsidu, Kariofilis Doitsidis	2:51
109	Ud Solo	Kariofilis Doitsidis	2:43
110	Santuri Solo	Konsolas Ermollos	1:52
111	Shepherd's Dance Song	Nicolaos Papauramidis	3:58
112	Lyre Solo	Ioannis Skalidis	2:43
113	Recitative	Despina Skalidu, Ioannis Skalidis, Vasilios Manudakis	3:14
114	Mountaineer's Song followed by a Mantinades	Ioannis Gerakakis, Vasilios Solonstros	3:15