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Καριώτικο.
(2016-06-09)
This dance, with its duple (2/4) rhythm, is a type of syrtos. It is the dance most characteristic of the island, and each locality has its own variation. Indeed, each individual instrumentalist plays his own version. With ...
Η αμπελοκουτσούρα.
(2016-06-08)
"The Grapevine" is one of the most characteristic of the island's folk songs. The text is a hymn to the grapevine and the wine it yields. This is only natural, for the vine has been associated with Ikaria since antiquity, ...
Είμ' εργάτης του λιμένος.
(2016-06-09)
This is a working class love song. The verses are rhyming couplets in fifteen syllable iambic meter, the second line augmented by the (oriental) interjection - aman aman - and repeated. While the melodic unit for the first ...
Ικαριώτικος (βιολί).
(2016-06-09)
This dance, with its duple (2/4) rhythm, is a type of syrtos. It is the dance most characteristic of the island, and each locality has its own variation. Indeed, each individual instrumentalist plays his own version. With ...
Δως του, δως του πέρα.
(2016-05-08)
This sung version of the Ikariotiko dance has a "carpe diem" theme, painting a picture of the inevitable end of each human life and encouraging dancing and making merry.
The song is a strophic composition, each verse ...
Ικαριώτικος "Τσαμούρικος" ή "Πειραματικός".
(2016-06-09)
This dance, with its duple (2/4) rhythm, is a type of syrtos. It is the dance most characteristic of the island, and each locality has its own variation. Indeed, each individual instrumentalist plays his own version. With ...
Στου Παπά το μπουγάζι.
(2016-06-08)
This song with its lovely dance tune paints a vivid picture of a lugger struggling to round Cape Papas, battling the savage waves and the strong winds that blow incessantly round the headland. It expresses the hope and the ...
Σήμερα είν' η σχόλη σου.
(2016-06-08)
This song is sung for a friend or realative celebrating his name day. It describes the entertainment - a lavish spread on the table accompanied by local wine - and finishes with good wishes for the entire family.
The ...
Αφ' ότου απεφάσισα.
(2016-06-09)
This song is strophic in composition. The melody is divided into two units, the second serving as a refrain. The first unit covers the first four fifteen syllable iambic lines, and uses the diatonic hexachord based on D. ...
Σήμερα γάμος γίνεται.
(2016-05-08)
In this wedding song the singer wishes the bride and the groom and their parents a life as full of years and happiness as the flowers in spring of the snows in winter.
The song is strophic. Each single fifteen syllable ...