Paraskevás Tsaloglou (Mezarcik)

[1874-1957] Born in 1874 in Floytá, Cappadocia, Asia Minor. He drived a coach and sold carpets from village to village. After the Exchange in 1924 he settled in Nea Kokiniá (Piraeus), where he worked as a greengrocer. As his granddaughter informed the “Melpo Merlier Music Folklore Archive”, he died in 1957.

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

Paraskevas Tsaloglou (Mezarcik) and Anna Tsiklitari
Paraskevas Tsaloglou (Mezarcik) and Anna Tsiklitari
Paraskevas Tsaloglou (Mezarcik) (from Floita, Cappadocia) and Anna Tsiklitari (from Sylata, Cappadocia). In Athens during a recording session for the Centre for Asia Minor Studies,1930.

© The Melpo Merlier Musical Folklore Archives of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies

Songs

Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaFlogitaLove Song

Ben Atimi

  • Εγώ, το άλογό μου ⬥ Studio recording, 2001. According to the singer from Floytá recorded in 1930: “This song was sung at festive occasions. At evening gatherings people sang it along with the bouzouki and the tambourine. And one of them stood up and danced playing the spoons. This was [...]
Τραγούδια της Καππαδοκίας
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaFlogitaEpiphany Carol, Ritual Song, Saturday of Lazarus CarolCarol

Three Carols: Palm Sunday – Lazarus day – Epiphany

  • Κάλαντα Λαζάρου - Βαΐων - Φώτων ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier.
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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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See also

  • 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.
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaSylata

The Tale Of St. Alexios

  • Ιστορία του Αλεξίου ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier. In Cappadocia, Lent was a period of severe and strict fasting and praying during which people abstained from parties and festivities, as well as from dancing and singing.
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaPotamiaAcritic Song

The Nine Brothers

  • Σαν τηλ μάνα ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier. This acritic song, sung at solemn feasts in Potámia, tells of nine brothers of which the youngest on his way to war is torn to pieces by the black birds, or – according to [...]
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaPotamiaFor the Bride, Wedding SongCouplets

Let Our Friends Rejoice

  • Τώρα λάμψαν τα σπίτια μας ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier, founder of the “Music Folklore Archive”. A round dance wedding song for solemn feasts. Usually it was sung after the wedding ceremony while the bride was led from the church to the [...]
  • SongCappadocia / KonyaPotamiaFable Song (Ballad)

The Castle of Marou

  • Κάτω στον Αϊ-Γιάννη ⬥ Transcription of the original 78 rpm recording of 1930 by Melpo Merlier. The Fortress of Maroù (or Oriá in other versions) is encircled by a foreign army. A soldier manages to break through one of the castle doors by deceit. He is followed by his comrades [...]