Nisiotika
Nisiotika (Greek: νησιώτικα, meaning "insular (songs)") are the songs and dances of the Aegean islands with a variety of styles.[1] Outside of Greece, it is played in the diaspora in countries such as Turkey, Australia, the United States and elsewhere.
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The lyre is the dominant folk instrument along with the laouto, violin, tsampouna, and souravli with widely varying Greek characteristics.
Representative musicians and performers of Nisiotika include: Mariza Koch, credited with reviving the field in the 1970s, Yiannis Parios, Domna Samiou and the Konitopoulos family (Giorgos and Vangelis Konitopoulos, Eirini, Nasia and Stella Konitopoulou).[2]
There are also prominent elements of Cretan music on the Dodecanese Islands and Cyclades.
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Folk dances
The Aegean Islands have a rich folk dance tradition. For example; syrtos, sousta and ballos.
- Ballos
- Ikariotikos
- Kamara
- Kalymnikos
- Karavas of Naxos
- Lerikos of Leros
- Mihanikos
- Parianos
- Pentozalis
- Pirgousikos of Chios
- Pidikhtos
- Rhoditikos
- Sousta (Sousta Lerou, Sousta Tilou)
- Syrtos (Syrtos Kythnou, Syrtos Serifou, Syrtos Naxou)
- Trata
References
- Martin, Andrew R.; Ph.D, Matthew Mihalka (2020-09-08). Music around the World: A Global Encyclopedia [3 volumes]: A Global Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 602–603. ISBN 978-1-61069-499-5.
- Glaros, Angela (2022). "Nisiotika: Music, Dances, and Bitter-Sweet Songs of the Aegean Islands by Gail Holst-Warhaft (review)". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. 40 (2): 481–483. doi:10.1353/mgs.2022.0035. ISSN 1086-3265.
Further reading
- Holst-Warhaft, Gail (2021). Nisiotika: music, dances, and bitter-sweet songs of the Aegean islands. Denise Harvey. ISBN 9789607120441.