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“Modern” Ancient Greek Music ...experience enabled men to judge what was or was not really conducive to virtue, and they rejected both the flute and several other old-fashioned instruments, such as the Lydian harp, the many-stringed lyre, the 'heptagon,' 'triangle,' 'sambuca,' the like- which are intended only to give pleasure to the hearer, and require extraordinary skill of hand. There is a meaning also in the myth of the ancients, which tells how Athene invented the flute and then threw it away. It was not a bad idea of theirs, that the Goddess disliked the instrument because it made the face ugly; but with still more reason may we say that she rejected it because the acquirement of flute-playing contributes nothing to the mind, since to Athene we ascribe both knowledge and art. Aristotle, Politics Daemonia Nymphe (Δαιμόνια Νύμφη)(Spyros Giasafakis, Evi Stergiou, Maria Stergiou, Christos Koukaras, Dafni Kotsiani, Vaggelis Pasxalidis ) The Modern Sound of Ancient Hellenic Music (Info) The Bacchic Dance of the Nymphs (MP3), (A related ancient Greek sculpture The divine madness of the orgiastic Maenad ) Calling the 12 Gods (MP3)
Petros Tabouris (Πέτρος Ταμπούρης) (? Athens) “Greek music is basically split and differentiated into two periods: the period of Greek Antiquity and the period of the Middle Ages and Christianity”, Music of Greek Antiquity by Aulites. Hyperlinked titles can be accessed via RealAudio. Lament (Threnos) By Simonides, First Pythian Ode By Pindar, Sikkinis, Epitaph Of Seikilos More examples from Petros Tabouris Lyravlos (Λύραυλος) - Panagiotis Stefos, Solis Barki, Christina Siaki, Anna Chronopoulou, Vagelis Maniatis (Παναγιώτης Στέφος , Σόλης Μπαρκή , Χριστίνα Σιάκη, Αννα Χρονοπούλου, Βαγγέλης Μανιάτης ) http://members.lycos.co.uk/ivanmoody/articles.earlymusicgreece.htm
Medieval Greek “Byzantine” Church Music “For if a chant is of heavenly origin, then the acknowledgement received by man in transmitting it to posterity ought to be minimal. This is especially true when he deals with hymns which were known to have been first sung by angelic choirs - such as the Amen, Alleluia, Trisagion, Sanctus and Doxology. Consequently, until Palaeologan times, was inconceivable for a composer to place his name beside a notated text in the manuscripts.” Orthodox Byzantine Music Petros Lampadarios (Peloponnesios) (*c. Tripolis Morea - 1777 Constantinople) Composer Lycourgos Angelopoulos HYMNS FROM THE LITURGICAL TRADITION OF THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Audio Samples) The mysteries of music Interprets Simon Karras (Σίμων Καράς) (21.5.1905 Olympia, 26.1.1999) Abraham Euthymiades (Αβραάμ Ευθυμιάδης) (?) Dionisius Firfiris (Διονύσιος Φιρφιρής) (?) Leonidas Sfikas (Λεωνίδας Σφήκας) (?) Georgios Remoundos (Γεώργιος Ρεμούνδος) (?) The Divine Liturgies Music Project http://www.cmkon.org/index.htm (A Greek Website) and Text such as the Akathistos Ymnos (Akathist Hymn to the Most Holy Mother of God) from www.monachos.net a website with information about orthodox religion
Άριστον μέσον των σκοτεινών δυνάμεων εναντίον της σωστής διαπλάσεως του χαρακτήρα και της προσωπικότητος των νεολαίων είναι η μοντέρνα μουσική (Ροκ, Ντίσκο, Μπλουζ, Τέκν, Ραπ, Χάουζ, κ.λπ.). Modern Music (Rock, Disco, Blues, Techno, Rap, House, etc) is the most perfect method of the dark forces against the formation of a right character and personality of young people. http://www.hymns.gr/articles.htm
Information abou byzantine Music, Notation etc. BYZWRITER 2.0 a program for writing Byzantine Music Notation created by Dr. Gezerlis G. Velissarios (is it a surprise with this name??), University of Athens, Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, Greece. http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/ecclesiaradio/index.htm FM 89.5 Ecclesia Radio Traditional Folk Music (Dimotiko)
Tsamikos Dance from Roumeli (Central Greece / Sterea Ellada )
Tasos Chalkias (Τάσος Χαλκιάς)(1914 Granitsopoula/Epirus – 12.8.1992) , Lakis Chalkias his son (the Chalkias family, almost 200 years musical tradition) Yiota Vei Makedonia (Macedonia) Nisiotika (Island Music)
Giannis Parios
Music from Minor Asia where Greeks lived (among which also my Grandmother) for more than 2500 years until the so called Minor Asia catastrophe. The instruments are the kemenche or lyra, the davul (a double–headed drum) and the zurna (double reed oboe). The songs are in Pontic Greek, a mixture of ancient Greek with Turkish, Persian and other language elements.
Discography of Music from Pontos and Thrace the land of Orpheus (645 artists)
http://www.scimitarmusic.com/pontos/music.html
Some MP3 Examples and Text (Greek) , Pontiak Music (MP3 Audio Files)
After they had poured offerings to the gods and sung the paean, two Thracians got up and began a dance. They were wearing armour, and danced to the sound of a flute. All of a sudden one of them seemed to hit the other one, and the man fell to the ground. The Paphlagonians were alarmed at the sight, and shouted out. But the victor stripped his opponent of his weapons and marched out singing the Sitalcas, a Thracian war song. The other Thracians came and carried off the victim - who looked as if he was dead. In fact, though, he had not been hurt at all. Xenophon
Domna Samiou (Δόμνα Σαμίου) (12.10.1928 Kaisariani) Info (Greek) Chronis Aidonidis (Χρόνης Αηδονίδης ) (23.12.1928 Karoti/Thrace) (“To aidoni tis Thrakis”) Cretan Music
AUTHENTIC NARRATIONS OF THE GREAT MASTERS THE GREAT MASTERS OF CRETAN MUSIC (Some examples) United Artists of Traditional Cretan Music , Great Teachers of Cretan Music http://www.geocities.com/polyphonia/en/homepage.html (Information about Francisco Leontaritis in English and Greek) Cypriotic Mihalis Violaris (Μιχάλης Βιολάρης)(91.1944 Agia Varvara/Lefkosia) http://www.avacom.net/music/ (Greek Site, Artists, Instruments, and for those who are over 18 years old (or 21 years old for US citizens) some “adult songs” Myllomena) Ethnomusicology Research Program : www.ucy.ac.cy/research/ethno/archives.htm Ipirotiko (Ipiros or Epirus)
Stamatis Makris (?) Kori pou pas sto potamo (MP3), Amarantos (MP3) For all Greek folk dance enthusiasts Guardians of Hellenism, from Hellenic Music Archives Ensemble Information about Greek Folk Music References about Musical Instruments Fivos Anoyanakis , Greek Popular Musical Instruments
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