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Film, Video Traditional Greek Smyrneika Music from Massachusetts

Event video

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Title

  • Traditional Greek Smyrneika Music from Massachusetts

Summary

  • Sophia Bilides sings and plays santouri (Greek hammered dulcimer) and zilia (finger cymbals). Smyrneika songs arose out an urban population where the music of Greeks, Turks, Jews, and Armenians influenced each other in the early decades of the 20th century. This vibrant cultural scene was shattered when conflicts led to the 1922 Asia-Minor Catastrophe. The destruction of the port city of Smyrna (Izmir) led to the expulsion of two million Greeks from their homeland. Fortunately, highly skilled refugee musicians managed to keep alive their urban musical traditions by bringing their cosmopolitan talents to the Greek mainland and to America.

Names

  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-08-24.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Sophia Bilides.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-08-24.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688723

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. Traditional Greek Smyrneika Music from Massachusetts. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-24, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688723/.

APA citation style:

American Folklife Center, S. B. & Library Of Congress. (2011) Traditional Greek Smyrneika Music from Massachusetts. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688723/.

MLA citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. Traditional Greek Smyrneika Music from Massachusetts. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-24, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688723/>.