Author:  Gail Holst  

#:  4388  

Stock Status:  Stock  

Rembetika, Greece's urban folk music, which became the basis for its present day popular bouzouki music, could be paralleled to the blues of America. This book, written by an ethno-musicologist who lived for several years in Greece, is an enthusiastic personal account of the genre and an introduction to its sociological and musical bases. In Greek translation. In addition to the original text and song lyrics the Greek edition includes a selection of articles about rembetika music by leading Greek musicologists and writers, published in the Greek press between 1947 and 1976.  

ISBN:  9789607120007     Binding:  Softback  

Publisher:   DENISE HARVEY