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Audio Recording Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois

Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois

About this Item

Title

  • Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois

Names

  • Bartis, Peter, 1949- (Collector)
  • Dovydenas, Jonas (Recordist)
  • Hemonas, John (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1977

Headings

  • -  Greek Americans
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Music
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Music

Notes

  • -  Mr. John Hemonas
  • -  Recording of John Hemonas, bouzouki, guitar (both amplified), voice; Mr. Angelos Kontaxis, occasional translator; selections include nine songs with conversation; discussion of John Hemonas’s personal history (born in 1942), musical history; three songs, "I have a couple of songs that are special for me"; discussion of the previous song, dates to 1821 in Thessaloniki (Thessolonica) during the Turkish war, good background material; Hemonas discusses his first music teachers (began with harmonica, then mandolin, bouzouki, accordion and guitar), discusses range of repertory, includes Greek, hillbilly, "folk songs" in general; song, bouzouki accompaniment; discussion, about the difference in songs, including tempo; song, bouzouki accompaniment; discussion of musical peers in Chicago, players of old songs, e.g., John Katsikas; Hemonas plays guitar, with vocal, then the story of the previous song, learned from his father, summarizes the story; song learned from his father, explanation of song and the method of instruction; song, bouzouki accompaniment; about the influence of his father on his music; song, bouzouki and voice; song at slow tempo. (some spoken introduction accompanies the playing); song, with elaborate bouzouki introduction, tape runs out.
  • -  The song Frangosyriani from this recording is included in the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project set of selected of recordings of special interest and quality. Annotations to the selected recordings are provided in the manuscript at call number in AFC 1981/004: Box 11, Folder 192; this song described on sequence pages 60-61.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20533
  • MBRS Shelflist: RXA 1006
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T010-R

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Bartis, Peter, Jonas Dovydenas, and John Hemonas. Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20533/.

APA citation style:

Bartis, P., Dovydenas, J. & Hemonas, J. (1977) Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20533/.

MLA citation style:

Bartis, Peter, Jonas Dovydenas, and John Hemonas. Recording of John Hemonas playing bouzouki and guitar, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20533/>.