Road to rembetika : music of a Greek sub-culture : songs of love, sorrow, and hashish / Gail Holst.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Modern (1453- ) Publication details: Athens, Greece : Anglo-Hellenic Publishing, c1975, 1977.Edition: Second editionDescription: 175 pages : black and white photographs ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0907978193
  • 0907978053
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.42162/893 20
LOC classification:
  • ML 3499 .G8 H64 1977
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Turning to rembetika -- 2. Piraeus in the 1920's - the road starts -- 3. The world of a rembetis - Markos Vamvakaris -- 4. Rembetika high - Smyrna style and Piraeus style -- 5. The Indian summer of rembetika - the war years and Tsitsanis -- 6. The bones of rembetika -- 7. Rear view. Three mileposts on a private road -- 8. Songs -- 9. Autographs.
Summary: "Rembetika, the music which began in the jails and the hashish-dens of Greek towns and became the popular bouzouki music of the 30s's, 40's and 50's, has many parallels with American blues. Like the blues, the rembetika songs were the soul music of a group of people who felt themselves to be outside the mainstream of society, who developed their own slang and their own forms of expression. 'Road to Rembetika' is the first book in English to attempt to a general survey of the world of the 'rembets', who smoked hashish while they played the bouzouki and danced the passionate 'zembekiko' to release their emotions. It is an enthusiastic introduction to the subject, written by an Australian musician who first came to Greece in 1965 and has been interested in Greek music ever since." -- From the book jacket.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks ML 3499 .G8 H64 1977 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21100008

This text includes black and white photographs of Green musicians who are profiled in the text.

The text also includes scans of their handwritten songs lyrics, examples of their sheet music, and a black and white map of Greece.

This text includes examples of song lyrics written in Greek with English translations included.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165) and index.

1. Turning to rembetika -- 2. Piraeus in the 1920's - the road starts -- 3. The world of a rembetis - Markos Vamvakaris -- 4. Rembetika high - Smyrna style and Piraeus style -- 5. The Indian summer of rembetika - the war years and Tsitsanis -- 6. The bones of rembetika -- 7. Rear view. Three mileposts on a private road -- 8. Songs -- 9. Autographs.

"Rembetika, the music which began in the jails and the hashish-dens of Greek towns and became the popular bouzouki music of the 30s's, 40's and 50's, has many parallels with American blues. Like the blues, the rembetika songs were the soul music of a group of people who felt themselves to be outside the mainstream of society, who developed their own slang and their own forms of expression. 'Road to Rembetika' is the first book in English to attempt to a general survey of the world of the 'rembets', who smoked hashish while they played the bouzouki and danced the passionate 'zembekiko' to release their emotions. It is an enthusiastic introduction to the subject, written by an Australian musician who first came to Greece in 1965 and has been interested in Greek music ever since." -- From the book jacket.

Translated from Greek into English.

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