Anastasia Hourmousiadi

Born in 1865 in Sinasós, Cappadocia, Asia Minor. She was a primary school graduate. Her husband was a grocer in Constantinople. She lived in Sinasós and Anakoú and after the Population Exchange she settled in Tambouria (Piraeus).

Source: Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive / CD Songs of Cappadocia

Songs

Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaSinasosLove Song

Bring Back My Love

  • Απόψι τα μεσάνυχτα ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”.
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaSinasosAcritic Song

One Dark Starless Night

  • Εβράδυν παλιόβραδυν ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”. A round dance for solemn feasts. Experts classify its text in the category of the Byzantine acritic songs. The hero named Yannakis fights against thousands of Turks all by [...]
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaSinasosFable Song (Ballad)

St. George and the Dragon

  • Αγιώρ' Αγιώρ' αφέντη μου ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. St. George’s song was sung on the day the saint was celebrated, but there was no dancing involved.
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaSinasosLove SongCouplets

Two Suns Two Moons

  • Δυο ήλια δυο φεγγάρια ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. Based on the original recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive” of the “Centre for Asia Minor Studies”.
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Records

Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • AlbumCD2002Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives

Songs of Cappadocia

Production: Friends of the Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archives. Fifteen recordings from 1930 with the authentic Cappadocian singers (recording by Melpo Merlier) and twelve new recordings -based on the original- from 2001, with musical supervision by Socrates Sinopoulos.
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