eBook Road to Rembetika: music of a greek sub-culture, songs of love, sorrow and hashish ePub

The rembetika, songs that were sung in the poor quarters of Smyrna . I’d had a somewhat authentic taste of Rembetika, or maybe it was more of an historic reenactment at a Greek tavern in Epirus, Greece called Piperi Tavern

The rembetika, songs that were sung in the poor quarters of Smyrna, Istanbul and the ports of Greece in the late nineteenth century. I’d had a somewhat authentic taste of Rembetika, or maybe it was more of an historic reenactment at a Greek tavern in Epirus, Greece called Piperi Tavern. But as one begins to understand the lyrics, it’s hard not to wonder about the people who wrote them and the time period. This book offers a bit of information on both but it is also somewhat of a memoir as the author also describes her time in the 1960s in Greece.

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Traditional Greek music, especially the song and dance of the urban . That was, in part, a role that Gail Holst's Road to Rembetika would serve.

Traditional Greek music, especially the song and dance of the urban underworld of Athens and Piraeus, has captivated many scholars and collectors of early ethnic 78.

Release Date:January 1977.

Athens : Denise Harvey, 1989. Physical Description: 181 p. : il. music. General Note: Texts of songs in Greek and English. Subject Term: Folk music - Greece - History and criticism. Folk songs, Greek - Greece - Texts. Folk songs, Greek - Translations into English. English poetry - Translations from modern Greek.

Rembetika, Greeces urban folk music, which became the basis for its present day popular bouzouki music, could be paralleled to the blues of America. It also includes a selection of song lyrics in Greek and English. ISBN: 9789607120076 Binding: Softback 181 pages.

The second part of the book is a collection of rembetika songs in Greek with the English translation en face. The text is illustrated with photographs of the period, musical examples and original manuscripts of the songs. Format Paperback 192 pages.

Road to rembetika: Music from a Greek sub-culture, songs of love, sorrow. Anglo-Hellenic Publishing (12 January 1975). Independently published (18 May 2018).