Harícleia Kanaki

Born in 1895 in Malacopí (region of Neapolis). She lived in Constantinople for eight years. After the Populations Exchange (1924) she moved to Tambouria (Piraeus). Her father and her husband were both grocers. When Melpo Merlier recorded her in 1930 she was already a widow. She was semi-literate.

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

Songs

Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaMalakopiReligious, Literary

I Beg You, Blessed Virgin

  • Παρακαλώ σε, Παναγιά ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”. This religious song tells of the sensation we might have had, if we had been able to enter hell for a moment by the agency of Our Lady.
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaMalakopiNew Year's Carol

New Year Carol

  • Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”. In Malacopí this song was not the typical New Year’s carol, which children sang from door to door all around the village. Elderly people in Malacopí retain memories of [...]
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaMalakopiWedding SongProcessional Tune

Wedding Procession Song

  • Τραγούδι της πομπής του γάμου ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier. The bride sang this song while she was led from home to church for her wedding. While singing it both she and her family used to cry.
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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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