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THE SOAS

REBETIKO READER

A selection of papers associated with the

Hydra Rebetiko Conferences 2000-2020

 

 

Published: Red Notes 2023

 

Edited and translated: Ed Emery

 

ISBN: 978-0906305-28-7

 

CONTENTS

 

SECTION 0: Preface [READ]

 

SECTION 1:

 

Chapter 1: MUSIC THAT FELL INTO OBLIVION, by Bulent Aksoy [Istanbul] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 1a: THE ZEYBEK RHYTHMS OF GREECE AND LESVOS ISLAND, by Panagiotis Agiakatsikas [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 1a: AN ACCOUNT OF FIELDWORK RESEARCHING ZEYBEK TUNES AND DANCES IN TURKEY, by Ali Fuat Aydin [Izmir] [READ ON AUTHOR'S SITE] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 2: AN APPROACH TO PLAYING VIOLIN IN REBETIKO, by Hank Bradley [Seattle] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 3: DINO PAPPAS, by Hank Bradley [Seattle] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 4: KYRIA KOULA AND THE VOTSIS MARCH, by Markos Dragoumis [Athens] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 5: CONSIDERATIONS IN THE COMPILATION OF A REBETIKA CD, by Marc Dubin [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

Chapter 6: 'A FISHING BOAT SETS SAIL': A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF REBETIKO SONGS RELATED TO SPONGE FISHERIES AND SEAFARING, by Ed Emery [SOAS, University of London] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 7: 'THOSE TONES OTHER THAN THE TONE AND HALF TONE': A CRITICAL VIEW OF L.A. BOURGAULT-DUCOUDRAY'S TRENTE MELODIES POPULAIRES DE GRECE ET D'ORIENT, by Ed Emery [SOAS, University of London] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 8: ROSA ESKENAZI - AUTOBIOGRAPHY [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 9: GREKESCA, MORESCA AND DANCE: MUSICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN VENICE AND GREECE, by Francesco Ganassin [Calicanto, Padova] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 10: HOW I MET REBETIKO IN 1968, by Zahar A. Hayatti [Zaharoula] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 11: FROM GAZEL TO MOIROLOI: THE NATIONALIZING OF THE AMANES, by Gail Holst-Warhaft [Cornell University] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 12: WORLD MUSIC AND THE ORIENTALISING OF THE REBETIKA, by Gail Holst-Warhaft [Cornell University] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 13: HEROIN, COCAINE AND MORPHINE IN REBETIKO SONG, by Dimitris Hyphantis [Athens] [Pending]

 

Chapter 13a: LINER NOTES FOR THE CD 'KARANFILIN MORUNA', by Muammer Ketencoglu [Pending]

 

Chapter 14: TABACHANIOTIKA: THE CRETAN REBETIKA, by Theo Lais [London] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 15: JEWS AND REBETIKO, by Alberto Nar [Jewish Community, Thessaloniki] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 16. MUSICAL PALIMPSESTS: GREEK-JEWISH HISTORICAL DISCOGRAPHY, by Nikos Ordoulidis [University of Ioannina] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 16a: THE ENTRY OF STAVRAKAS INTO THE TEKKE [1932], by Spyros Peristeris [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 17: ZEIBEKIKO AND CHASAPIKO IN REBETIKO SONG, by Nikos Politis [Athens] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 18: CENSORSHIP IN REBETIKO FROM 1937 ONWARDS, AND A SPECIFIC CASE INVOLVING TSITSANIS AND VAMVAKARIS, by Nikos Politis [Athens] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 19: GREEK MUSIC: FIVE POEMS, by Jim Potts [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 19a: 'A LONG ZEIBEKIKO FOR NIKOS', by Dionisis Savvopoulos [Pending]

 

Chapter 20: REBETIKA, WITH SOME REBUTTALS, by Martin Schwartz [University of Berkeley] [Pending]

 

Chapter 21: NEW EVIDENCE ON GREEK MUSIC IN THE USA: SPOTTSWOOD'S ETHNIC MUSIC ON RECORDS, by Ole L. Smith [University of Gothenburg] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 22: RESEARCH ON REBETIKA: SOME METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, by Ole L. Smith [University of Gothenburg] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 23: THE STORY OF THE 'ISTANBUL LATERNASI' PROJECT, by Cemal Unlu and Stelyo Berberis [Istanbul] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 24: THE WORDS, THE MUSIC, THE SONGS, by Markos Vamvakaris [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 25: MARKOS AND THE LAME DONKEY, by Stelios Vamvakaris [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

Chapter 26: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF REBETIKO: A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ITS LOCAL DIMENSION, by Yannis Zaimakis [University of Crete] [Pending]

 

Chapter 27: THE HETEROTOPIC SPACE OF THE TEKKE IN PRE-WAR HERAKLEION: SYMBOLISMS AND RITUALS IN REBETIKO SUBCULTURE, by Yannis Zaimakis [University of Crete] [READ] [DOWNLOAD]

 

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