Bibliograph

Greek music in America, edited by Tina Bucuvalas

Type

Label

Greek music in America, edited by Tina Bucuvalas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Greek music in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Tina Bucuvalas

Series statement

American made music series

Table Of Contents

Overview of Greek music in America / Tina Bucuvalas and Stavros K. Frangos -- Musical genre, style, and content -- Growth of liturgical music in the Iakovian Era / Frank Desby -- Greek café music / Roderick Conway Morris -- Amanes: the legacy of the oriental mother / Gail Holst-Warhaft -- Rebetika, the blues of Greece and Australia / Stathis Gauntlett -- George Katsaros: the last café-aman performer / Stavros K. Frangos -- Health to you, Marko, with your bouzouki!: the role of spoken interjection in Greek musicians' imagined performance world in historical recordings made in America and abroad -- Michael G. Kaloyanides -- Turkish music in the Greek American experience -- Joseph G. Graziosi -- Places -- Survival of Greek folk music in New York / Sotirios (Sam) Chianis -- Communities born in song / Anna Caraveli -- Musical practice and memory on the edge of two worlds: Kalymnian Tsambouna and song repertoire in the family of Nikitas Tsimouris / Anna Lomax Wood -- Alternate resonances: Kalymnian traditions in Tarpon Springs, Florida / Panayotis League -- Delivering the music: recording companies and performance venues -- Greek record making in the early days, 1896-1937 / Dick Spottswood -- Greek music piano rolls in the United States / Meletios Pouliopoulos -- Encountering Greek American soundscapes / Anthony Shay -- Bouzoukis and belly dancers, drinkers and dreamers: a look at Greek nightlife at the crossroads / Nick Pappas -- Profiles -- Giorgos "Nisyrios" Makrigiannis (1875-1933) / Panayotis League -- Madame Koula (circa 1880-1954) / Stavros K. Frangos -- George Dimitrios Grachis (1882-1965) / Sotirios (Sam) Chianis -- Harilaos Piperakis (1888-1978) / Panayotis League -- Marika Papagika (1890-1943) / Stavros K. Frangos -- Theodotos "Tetos" Demetriades (1897-1971) / Stavros K. Frangos -- Amalia Baka (1897-1979) / David Soffa -- Ioannis Halikias, aka Jack Gregory (1898-1957) / Aydin Chaloupka -- John K. Gianaros (1904-1998) / Stavros K. Frangos -- Pericles Halkias (1909-2005) / Jim Stoynoff -- Steve Zembillas (1923-2002) and the grecophon record company / Stavros K. Frangos -- Nicholas "Nicos" Tseperis (1923-2010) and Nina Records / Meletios Pouliopoulos -- Sotirios (Sam) Chianis (b. 1926) / Tina Bucuvalas -- Ilias Kementzides (1926-2006) / National Endowment for the Arts -- Giannis Tatasopoulos (1928-2001) / Tina Bucuvalas -- Gust J. (Dino) Pappas (1931-1999) / Stavros K. Frangos -- Harilaos Papapostolou (1932-1998) / National Endowment for the Arts -- Kay Skordilis (b. 1936) / Tina Bucuvalas -- Peter Stephen Kyvelos (1943-2017) / Michael G. Kaloyanides -- Trio Bel Canto and Takis Elenis (b. 1948) / Tina Bucuvalas -- George E. Soffos (1953-2013) / Tina Bucuvalas

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