Propontis (Sea of Marmara)

Greek traditional songs and tunes from the areas around the Sea of Marmara (Propontis). Greeks lived there until the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922).
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A Little Seedling
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)NicomedeaChildren's Song

A Little Seedling

  • Ένα μικρό φιντάνι ⬥ Children’s song from Nicomedea, Propontis, with a group of children from the 9th Primary School of Nea Smyrni. Recorded in 2005.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Fable Song (Ballad), Immigration SongTable Song

A Maid Was Singing

(The Wife Scorned)

  • Κοράσιν ετραγούδαγε ⬥ Table song, a fable song (ballad) from Propontis with the unique interpretation of Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1989; newly remastered in 2008.
Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Fable Song (Ballad), Immigration SongTable Song

A Maid Was Singing Longingly

  • Κοράσιν ετραγούδαγε ⬥ Table song, a fable song (ballad) from Propontis with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1989.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)PeramosFable Song (Ballad)

A Maid Would Have Her Way

  • Κουράσιν εβουλήθηκε ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Peramos, Propontis, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Nicomedea, KatirliFable Song (Ballad)

A Prince Is to Be Wed

(Evil In-Laws)

  • Αρχοντογιός παντρεύεται ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Katirli, Nicomedea, with Katerina Papadopoulou. Recorded in 2006.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)RodaFable Song (Ballad)

As Long as the Shore

(The Maid Slain by Her Brothers)

  • Όσο ’ναι μάκρος του γιαλού ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Roda, Propontis, with Soultana Bogri. Field recording in Nea Roda, Chalkidiki (1984).
St Basil Is Coming (Propontis)
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MarmaraChristmas Carol, Ritual SongCarol

Christmas Carol (Propontis)

  • Χριστούγεννα, Πρωτούγεννα (Μαρμαράς Προποντίδας) ⬥ Christmas carol from Marmara, Propontis, with a children’s choir. Recorded in 2011.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MoudaniaFable Song (Ballad)

Dawn Glowed in the East

  • Ξημέρωσε η ανατολή ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Propontis on the recognition of spouses with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 2006.
Dili Dili
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MarmaraChildren's Song

Dili Dili

  • Ντίλι ντίλι ⬥ Children’s song from Marmara, Propontis, with a group of children from the 9th Primary School of Nea Smyrni. Recorded in 2005.
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MoudaniaLove Song

Early last summer

  • Πέρσι το καλοκαιράκι ⬥ Hasapikos dance from Moudania, Propontis, with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Love SongCouplets

Giannoula

  • Γιαννούλα ⬥ Song of urban origin from Propontis with Domna Samiou, Katerina Papadopoulou and Zacharias Karounis. Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Instrumental

Hasapikos dance from Aretsou

  • Αρετσιανό χασάπικο ⬥ Instrumental fast hasapikos dance tune from Aretsou, Propontis, with Thodoris Georgopoulos (clarinet). Live recording (2005).
Early last summer
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Love SongCouplets

I Gave up All I Had & What’s Wrong, Theonitsa?

  • Όλα μου τα παράτησα & Τι έχεις Θεωνίτσα ⬥ Syrtos from Propontis with Domna Samiou. Live recording (2005).
Songs of Dame Sea
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Sea and Sailors Song

I Want to Savour All the Months

  • Όλους τους μήνες τους θέλω ⬥ Song of the sailors’ wives with Katerina Papadopoulou. Recorded in 2001.
I Went Aboard a Boat
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Sea and Sailors Song

I Went Aboard a Boat

  • Σε καινούργια βάρκα μπήκα ⬥ Syrtos dance from Propontis with Anna Maniati. Recorded in 1961.
Songs About Greeks Far From Home (LP)
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Sea and Sailors Song

I Wish for All the Months in Turn

  • Όλους τους μήνες τους θέλω ⬥ Song of the sailors’ wives from Propontis with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1989.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MarmaraLove Song

Karsilamas Dance from Marmara

  • Μαρμαρινός καρσιλαμάς ⬥ Dance song from Marmara, Propontis with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1984.
Folk Fables in Song
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)PalatiaFable Song (Ballad)

On Saint George’s Eve

  • Τ' Αϊ-Γιωργιού τη βραδινή ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Palatia, Propontis, with a women’s group from Nea Palatia, Oropos (Attica). Field recording (1980).
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Bithynia, MichalitsiLove SongCouplets

Roumbalia – Carnation

  • Ρουμπαλιά γαρουφαλιά ⬥ Dance song from Michalitsi, Bithynia (Asia Minor), with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1991.
Songs of Asia Minor 2
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MarmaraSea and Sailors Song, Work Song

Selim

  • Σελίμ ⬥ Antiphonal fishermen’s song from Marmara, Propontis, with a group of men from Neos Marmaras, Chalkidiki. Recorded in 1984.
St Basil Is Coming (Propontis)
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)YalovaNew Year's Carol, Ritual SongCarol

St. Basil Is Coming (Propontis)

  • Άγιος Βασίλης έρχεται (Προποντίδας) ⬥ New Year carol from Yalova, Propontis, with a children’s choir. Recorded in 2011.
Syrtos from Silyvria
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Instrumental

Syrtos from Silyvria

  • Σηλυβριανό συρτό ⬥ Instrumental dance tune from Propontis with Nikos Oikonomidis (violin) and Thodoris Georgopoulos (clarinet). Live recording (2005).
Easter Songs
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)MarmaraHoly Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song

The Lament of the Virgin (Marmaras, Asia Minor)

(Holy Week Lament)

  • Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Μαρμαράς) ⬥ Holy Week Lament. Recorded in 1978.
Easter Songs
  • SongPropontis (Sea of Marmara)Nicomedea, KatirliLove Song, Spring SongCouplets

The May Month

  • Μάη μου με τα λούλουδα ⬥ Dance song from Katirli, Nicomedea, Asia Minor, with Domna Samiou. Recorded in 1997.