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THE SOAS
REBETIKO READER
A selection of papers associated with the
Hydra Rebetiko Conferences 2000-2020
and seminars held at the
School of Oriental & African Studies, London
Edited and translated: Ed Emery
First published: Red Notes, London, August 2025
ISBN: 978-0906305-21-8
CONTENTS
[by alphabetical order of authors]
PREFACE, by Ed Emery [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 1: THE ZEYBEK RHYTHMS OF GREECE AND LESVOS ISLAND, by Panagiotis Agiakatsikas [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 2: MUSIC THAT FELL INTO OBLIVION, by Bulent Aksoy [Istanbul] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 3: AN ACCOUNT OF FIELDWORK RESEARCHING ZEYBEK TUNES AND DANCES IN TURKEY, by Ali Fuat Aydin [Izmir] [READ ON AUTHOR'S SITE] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 4: ON CHROMATICISM IN GREEK MUSIC, by Samuel Baud-Bovy [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 5: AN APPROACH TO PLAYING VIOLIN IN REBETIKO, by Hank Bradley [Seattle] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 6: DINO PAPPAS, by Hank Bradley [Seattle] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 7: KYRIA KOULA AND THE VOTSIS MARCH, by Markos Dragoumis [Athens] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 8: CONSIDERATIONS IN THE COMPILATION OF A REBETIKA CD, by Marc Dubin [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 9: '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 OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 10: '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 OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 11: ROSA ESKENAZI AUTOBIOGRAPHY [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 12: GREKESCA, MORESCA AND DANCE: MUSICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN VENICE AND GREECE, by Francesco Ganassin [Calicanto, Padova] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 13: HOW I MET REBETIKO IN 1968, by Zahar A. Hayatti [Zaharoula] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 14: WORLD MUSIC AND THE ORIENTALISING OF THE REBETIKA, by Gail Holst-Warhaft [Cornell University] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 15: FROM GAZEL TO MOIROLOI: THE NATIONALISING OF THE AMANES, by Gail Holst-Warhaft [Cornell University] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 16: HEROIN, COCAINE AND MORPHINE IN REBETIKO SONG, by Dimitris Hyphantis [Athens] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 17: LINER NOTES FOR THE CD 'KARANFILIN MORUNA', by Muammer Ketencoglu [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 18: TABACHANIOTIKA: THE CRETAN REBETIKA, by Theo Lais [London] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 19: REBETIKO IN AMERICA, by John Mole [London] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 20: JEWS AND REBETIKO, by Alberto Nar [Jewish Community, Thessaloniki] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 21: APPENDIX: JEWS AND REBETIKO, by Rivka Havassy [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 22: MUSICAL PALIMPSESTS: GREEK-JEWISH HISTORICAL DISCOGRAPHY, by Nikos Ordoulidis [University of Ioannina] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 23: THE ENTRY OF STAVRAKAS INTO THE TEKKE [1932], by Spyros Peristeris [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 24: CENSORSHIP IN REBETIKO FROM 1937 ONWARDS, AND A SPECIFIC CASE INVOLVING TSITSANIS AND VAMVAKARIS, by Nikos Politis [Athens] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 25: ZEIBEKIKO AND CHASAPIKO IN REBETIKO SONG, by Nikos Politis [Athens] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 26: GREEK MUSIC: FIVE POEMS, by Jim Potts [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 27: A REBETIC ROUNDUP: PEOPLE, SONGS, WORDS, AND WHATNOT, by Martin Schwartz [University of California, Berkeley] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 28: REPLY TO MARTIN SCHWARTZ, by Ed Emery [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 29: THE PROFILE OF A FAMOUS GREEK CRIMINAL THROUGH THE EYE OF A CAMERA, THE LYRICS OF A SONG, AND HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Fotios Spyropoulos [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 30: 'A LONG ZEIBEKIKO FOR NIKOS', by Dionisis Savvopoulos [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 31: NEW EVIDENCE ON GREEK MUSIC IN THE USA: SPOTTSWOOD'S ETHNIC MUSIC ON RECORDS, by Ole L. Smith [University of Gothenburg] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 32: RESEARCH ON REBETIKA: SOME METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, by Ole L. Smith [University of Gothenburg] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 33: THE STORY OF THE 'ISTANBUL LATERNASI' PROJECT, by Cemal Unlu and Stelyo Berberis [Istanbul] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 34: THE WORDS, THE MUSIC, THE SONGS, by Markos Vamvakaris [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 35: MARKOS AND THE LAME DONKEY, by Stelios Vamvakaris [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 36: THE HETEROTOPIC SPACE OF THE TEKKE IN PRE-WAR HERAKLEION: SYMBOLISMS AND RITUALS IN REBETIKO SUBCULTURE, by Yannis Zaimakis [University of Crete] [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
Chapter 37: APPENDIX: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOAS REBETIKO BAND [READ OR DOWNLOAD]
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