Browsing Αρχείο Ελληνικής Παραδοσιακής Μουσικής "Δημήτριος Θέμελης" by Title
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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 ... -
Ένα μήλο κόκκινο σε τούτο το τραπέζι
(2017-12-06) -
Ένα πουλί λέει, ένα πουλί θαλασσινό κι ένα πουλί βουνίσιο.
(2016-05-25) -
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 ... -
Εσείς πουλιά μ΄ πετούμενα.
(2016-06-02) -
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, ... -
Η Έλλη θέλει σκότωμα.
(2016-06-08)This song, which obviously originated in Asia Minor, is strophic in composition. Each verse is in the form of a rhyming couplet in fifteen syllable iambic meter, followed by a thirteen syllable refrain in a contrasting ... -
Ήθελα να' ρθω το βράδυ.
(2016-06-02) -
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 ... -
Ικαριώτικος "Ευδηλιώτικος"
(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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Κάλαντα Πρωτοχρονιάς.
(2016-06-09)This New Year's carol is strophic in composition. The basic melody is repeated for each iambic heptameter line, but each time with a wealth of ornamentation in a very Byzantine style. -
Κάτω στης Χάϊδως τα νησιά.
(2017-12-20) -
Κάτω στης Χάϊδως τα νησιά.
(2017-12-20) -
Καγκελευτός χορός.
(2016-11-29) -
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 ... -
Κορασινή τραγούδησε
(2017-12-06) -
Κυπαρισσάκι μου ψηλό, τι στέκεις μαραμένο.
(2016-05-19)