Kostas Papaprokopiou

Born in 1956. He comes from a musical family from Doliana, in the Ioannina region of Epirus, and plays the lute.

In 1981 began for him a decade of collaboration with the theatre 'Dora Stratou', during which, in addition to the regular performances on Philopapou hill, he traveled repeatedly to other countries. He has collaborated with folk singers and musicians, representing Greece in various musical events abroad.

He is a member of the music group 'Keros'. He also builds string instruments –mostly laouta– and electronic sound reproduction systems.

Source: Kostas Papaprokopiou

Songs

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  • SongCentral GreeceEuboea, Agios DimitriosFable Song (Ballad)

A Fair Maid Did Sing

  • Κόρη ξανθή τραγούδησε ⬥ A fair maid did sing upon a rope bridge, but the bridge collapsed, and the river stood still. And the river spirit came to her and asked: – Girl, if you are still a maid, may you never know a man, and if you’ve children and [...]
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  • SongSporadesSkiathosFable Song (Ballad)

A Little Shorty (Skiathos)

  • Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος) ⬥ A short little man had a beautiful wife. The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land and a pasha, a pasha envied him, too. He taxed him hard, imposed a load too heavy to bear. He sold vineyards heavy with grapes and fields swaying [...]
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  • SongAsia MinorFable Song (Ballad)

A Maid from Evripο

  • Μια κόρη από την Εύριπου ⬥ A maid from Evripo sought to set sail, she sought to make passage. She sought to make the passage to the far shore and paid a hundred Venetian sequins, a hundred gold pieces to be taken to her homeland and four hundred and four [...]
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  • SongDodecaneseRhodesLove Song, Wedding Song

A Partridge I Did Tame

  • Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα ⬥ A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came, the tamer she became, the more she did complain. All afire deep inside, I hurled her far and wide, at the mount all rocky, all rock-strewn and stony. Translated by Michael Eleftheriou
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  • SongPropontisNicomedea, KatirliFable Song (Ballad)

A Prince Is to Be Wed

(Evil In-Laws)

  • Αρχοντογιός παντρεύεται ⬥ A prince is to be wed to a dark-eyed bride whose folk sought refuge here. His bride-to-be’s from uprooted stock, little refugee I weep for thee. When his mother heard the news she uprooted trees, dearest dark-eyed maid, she uprooted trees, uprooted maid I weep for thee. [...]
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • SongDodecaneseRhodesWedding Song

Bless the Couple Holy Mary

  • Νέβα κατέβα Παναγιά ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music. Local dance known as "siganos".
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • SongEastern Thrace & RoumeliaWedding SongProcessional Tune

Bless Us, Christ and Holy Mary (1)

  • Έλα Χριστέ και Παναγιά (1) ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Based on Simon Karas' recording which belongs to the Association for the Dissemination of Greek National Music.
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • SongEastern AegeanLesvos, MandamadosWedding Song

Bless Us, Christ and Holy Mary (2)

  • Έλα Χριστέ και Παναγιά (2) ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Domna Samiou taped the song in Mandamados, Lesvos, sung by a group of women, in 1965.
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • SongSporadesSkiathosWedding SongTable Song

Fortunate Bride

  • Κόρη μου καλορίζικη ⬥ Studio recording, 2008. Domna Samiou taped the song in Skiathos, sung by Yiorgis Tzoumas and Sozia Kyriakouli, in 1975.
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  • SongEpirusFable Song (Ballad)

Four, Five, Nine Brothers

  • Τα τέσσερα, τα πέντε, τα εννιάδερφα ⬥ Four brothers five brothers nine, eighteen cousins, none destined to grow to man’s estate were by royal command to go and fight twelve long years in the wars. When they whet their swords, the sea glistens, when their staffs clash, the mountains tremble. [...]
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Records

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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2017Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Epic Songs of Warriors and Heroes

The publication includes 30 songs, inspired by the popular tradition of story-telling, relating tales of brave warriors, both high-ranked lords, and lowly soldiers. Centering on heroic Digenis, they originate from all parts of Greece. The publication also contains a detailed booklet analyzing the history surrounding the songs, and their interpretation. […]
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2008Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Folk Fables in Song

In fables, fragments of ancient myths are preserved. On this CD, Domna Samiou & her collaborators sing tales of the fabulous and the fantastic combining the real world with the supernatural and narrating stories, often tragic, which might once have occurred – or could do so one day – however […]
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  • AlbumCD, Digital release2006Domna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Of Nature and of Love

Through these songs, Domna Samiou pays tribute to how man, in years gone by, worshipped nature as the measure of ultimate beauty, order and harmony, and treated it with awe rather than with the destructive fury of today. The down-to-earth love of nature in these folk songs doesn’t derive from […]
Τραγούδια του γάμου
  • AlbumUnreleased collectionDomna Samiou Greek Folk Music Association

Wedding Songs

Unpublished collection of thirty-four traditional songs and tunes for the wedding feast, the bride, the groom, the best men and women and all the guests.
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