Mourning Song of North Epirus

Βορειοηπειρώτικο μοιρολόι

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Mourning Song of North Epirus
Region: Epirus
Type: Instrumental
Rhythm: Free rythm
Duration: 03:19

Recording information

Studio recording (1960s). Released on an extended play 45 rpm disc (Lyra 2023), supervised by Domna Samiou (Recordings on 45 RPM). In 1973, it was included in the LP A second voyage to Greece (Minerva 22034, 1973).

Credits

Tassos Chalkias
Tassos Chalkias

Clarinet

Discography

Mourning Song of North Epirus
A Second Voyage to Greece
Recordings in 45 RPM
Recordings on 45 RPM

See also

  • SongEpirusPreveza, KerasovoFable Song (Ballad)

Giannos and Vangelio

  • Ο Γιάννος και η Βαγγελιώ ⬥ Fable song (ballad) from Kerasovo, Preveza, with Lambros Goumenos. Field recording (1980s).
  • SongEpirusImmigration Song

Turtledove

  • Τρυγόνα ⬥ High up upon your way, moré turtledove, down low as you pass by, sweet beautiful turtledove, might you have caught sight of my beloved, moré turtledove, by sweetheart, my dearest man? – Last night we saw him or the night before laid out upon the plane. Black birds were eating him, white [...]
  • SongEpirusInstrumental

Lament

  • Μοιρολόι ⬥ Instrumental tune in free rhythm from Epirus with Thodoris Georgopoulos (clarinet). Recorded in 2004.
  • SongEpirusArta, GrammenitsaCarnival SongInstrumental

The Maypole and Other Local Carnival Traditions

  • Γαϊτανάκι & Παρωδία γάμου ⬥ A carnival troupe from Grammenitsa, Arta. Live recording from the concert Carnival Songs with Domna Samiou, held at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, on March 4, 2003.
  • SongEpirusInstrumental

Zagorisios (Dance From Zagori)

  • Ζαγορίσιος χορός ⬥ A dance from the Zagoria villages, Epirus. Recorded in 1972.