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General information
Designation
Song
Title / Name
Carnival Song
Place of origin
Amorgos
Description

Synodinos N. Stefanos (Stefanaki) – Vlavianos E. Mihael (Suhalis or Proestos). (1973).

Carnival Song.

On Songs of the Cyclades.

Society for the Dissemination of National Music / Record Production.

Source: Markos I. Gavras Archive.

 

CARNIVAL SONG – LYRICS

Περάσαν οι Απόκριες
πάνε κι οι Τυρινάδες
ήρθε κι η Αγιά Σαρακοστή
with the seven weeks

Γλεντάτε να γλεντήσουμε
τα τρυφερά μας νιάτα
γιατί θε να ‘ρθει ένας καιρός
να τα σκεπάσ’ η πλάκα

Δώστε του παιδιά κι ας πάει
τούτ’ η γη θε να μας φάει

Recording information
Location
Athens
Place
Unkown
Date
02/01/1973
Occasion
Free discussion
Information about the song
Metric Analysis
Iambic fifteen syllable
Facts about the music
Kind of Instrumental Tune
Apokrianos from Εgiali, Amorgos
Melodic Analysis - Genus
Diatonic
Melodic Analysis - Mode
Mode on C
Number of Notes in the Scale
Complete
Tempo - Rhythm
Not Free
Tempo - Note Value Per Beat
Quarter Note
Tempo - Beats / Minute (BPM)
98
Meter
2/4
Strophic Analysis
Α: Περάσαν οι Απόκριες
Β: πάνε κι οι Τυρινάδες
C: ήρθε κι η Αγιά Σαρακοστή
D: με τις εφτά βδομάδες
Glossary of verses
Information about the dance
Name
Apokrianos from Egiali, Amorgos
Type of Dance
Sirtos Apokrianos from Egiali
Genus of Dance
Sirtos
Dancers’ Positioning
V
Classification by Dancer
Men/Women
Classifications
By Content
Couplets/Mantinades for the carnival
By Kind
Folk
By Performance Practice
Dance rhythm song
By occasion
Seasons Cycle
Spring
Against the singer
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