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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 ...
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 ...
Ηφάς αρνί κι ηρνήθης με.
(2016-06-08)
The text of this love song with its characteristic refrain is in local Ikarian dialect. In each verse the melody covers a rhyming couplet in fifteen syllable iambic meter, followed by a refrain.
Other characteristic ...
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 ...
Οι Καριώτες οι ψαράδες.
(2016-06-08)
This song sketches a picture of the careless life of the fishermen of Ikaria. Each melodic unit covers a rhyming couplet in trochaic tetrameter. The melody, in duple (2/4) time, comprises two symmetrical phrases (2+2 bars) ...
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. ...