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Audio Recording Tou giannou e Floghera Translated title: Johnie's flute

Tou giannou e Floghera

About this Item

Title

  • Tou giannou e Floghera

Other Title

  • Translated title: Johnie's flute

Names

  • Filareton, John (Collector)
  • Anastassiou, Evee G. (Performer)
  • Stamatopoulou, Kaliope (Performer)
  • Kavouklis, Katherine (Performer)
  • Klonaris, M. (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Tarpon Springs, Florida

Headings

  • -  Greek Americans
  • -  Greek Americans--Music
  • -  Songs
  • -  United States -- Florida -- Pinellas County -- Tarpon Springs

Genre

  • Songs

Notes

  • -  The sound quality of this recording is extremely poor. It has been included online because the melody line can still be identified.
  • -  Tarpon Springs was settled by Greek sponge fishers in 1905.
  • -  Performer referred to elsewhere as Evee Pappas
  • -  Performer referred to elsewhere as Calliope Stamatoupoulo or Caliope Stamatopoulo
  • -  Performer referred to elsewhere as Catherine Kavoukli, Katherine Kavouklis, or Kathryn Kavouklees
  • -  A Greek folk song melody and rhythm originated by the mountaineers' flute many years back and still very popular.
  • -  The performers are members of the Byzantine Choir of Tarpon Springs, Florida.
  • -  Performance Note: "Tou giannou e Floghera" (vocals with piano) performed by M. Klonaris, Katherine Kavouklis, Kaliope Stamatopoulou, and Evee G. Anastassiou at Philoptochos Society, Tarpon Springs, Florida, on May 12, 1940.

Medium

  • Sound disc : analog ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1940/011: AFS 03883 A02

Source Collection

  • Florida WPA Recordings, 1940 (AFC 1940/011)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

  • Resettlement Administration Recordings Collection (AFC 1939/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Stetson Kennedy and Robert Cook Florida WPA Recordings (AFC 1939/013), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Alton C. Morris Florida WPA recordings (AFC 1939/026), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Florida WPA Recordings, 1940 (AFC 1940/011), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center correspondence files, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Filareton, John, Evee G Anastassiou, Kaliope Stamatopoulou, Katherine Kavouklis, and M Klonaris. Tou giannou e Floghera. Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1940. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000323/.

APA citation style:

Filareton, J., Anastassiou, E. G., Stamatopoulou, K., Kavouklis, K. & Klonaris, M. (1940) Tou giannou e Floghera. Tarpon Springs, Florida. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000323/.

MLA citation style:

Filareton, John, et al. Tou giannou e Floghera. Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1940. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/flwpa000323/>.