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Film, Video Rodopi Ensemble: Traditional Music of Thrace

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Title

  • Rodopi Ensemble: Traditional Music of Thrace

Summary

  • Rodopi Ensemble has been presenting the sounds, rhythms and melodies of Thrace for almost three decades. The group started its musical journey in the 1990s, and took the name Rodopi Ensemble to indicate its border-crossing musical style. The mountains of Rodopi, the largest mountains in Thrace, act as a musical unifying link that connects people living in the three countries crossed by the mountains: Greece, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria. "The idioms and nuances of Thracian music derive from the harmonious coexistence of people from different cultures.. people who use music and singing to come together as one," says vocalist and lute-player Drosos Koutsokostas. Rodopi Ensemble is composed of Koutsokostas on lute and vocals, Kyriakos Petras on violin, Nikos Angousis on clarinet, Alkis Zopoglou on kanun, and Yorgos Pagozidis on percussion. These instruments comprise the classic lineup known as the café-aman orchestra, the rural precursor of the more urban and better known rebetiko style. Rodopi Ensemble plays romantic love songs and lively dances native to the region, such as the chasapiko, tsifteteli, karsilamas, and zeibekiko.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2022-07-06.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Homegrown from Home. 83
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Kyriakos Petras, Drosos Koutsokostas, Yorgos Pagozidis, Alkis Zopoglou, Nikos Angousis.
  • -  Recorded on 2022-07-06.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024698064

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Rodopi Ensemble: Traditional Music of Thrace. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-06, 2022. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698064/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2022) Rodopi Ensemble: Traditional Music of Thrace. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698064/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Rodopi Ensemble: Traditional Music of Thrace. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-06, 2022. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024698064/>.