Re: Greek Jewish recordings, 1912-1990s

[Joel Bresler <joel.br...>]

Hi, if anyone can confirm it means dark-haired Jewish girl, I'd appreciate 
it. Also, confirmation that Xanthi Evreopoula and Evreopoula are the same 
song would be great.

In addition to the Abadzi version noted below, Giorgos Vidalis recorded 
Evreopoula for Odeon and Vidalis and an (uncredited) Rosa Askenazi engage 
in a dialog in Judeo-Spanish before the song. Last, Jack Mayesh set the 
melody to Judeo-Spanish and recorded it in summer 1948 for the Me-Re label.

Thanks for the discussion!

Joel

At 01:46 AM 5/31/2002 -0400, you wrote:


>MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I Kstanti Evreopoulo (the dark-haired Jewish girl)....I added this to
> > my rather lean Greek song repertoire at klezkamp in 1986, I think, and
> > I have a tape of the original somewhere.  It's a very charming song.
> > Lori
>
>Hmmm - unless one is really well-versed in Turkish makam and
>embellishment, I wouldn't recommend trying to sing Ksanthi Evreopoula
>without listening to the original - OVER AND OVER AGAIN at that! And
>even if one IS really comfortable with makam and ala Turca
>ornamentation, it's still really, really important to listen, listen,
>listen. Otherwise, all the tasty stuff in the music falls by the wayside
>and one is left with only a scant remnant of the original song.
>
>Lori, if you find that you don't have the original somewhere as you
>thought, the version sung by Rita Abatzi (written by Stavros
>Pandelidhis) has been reissued on a number of CDs out of Greece. Or, let
>list folks know - I and other people have had this in our collections
>for decades.
>
>Happy warbling?
>Carol
>
>



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