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"Zorba's Dance" (Greek: Ο Χορός Του Ζορμπά) is an instrumental by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. [1] The music is part of the soundtrack for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, [2] and used in the film to accompany the dance known as sirtaki. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas. The film's track has since been ...
Apostolos "Tolis" Voskopoulos (Greek: Απόστολος "Τόλης" Βοσκόπουλος; 26 July 1940 – 19 July 2021 [2]) was one of the legends of modern Greek music. [3] He also starred in many films and played in the theatre in Athens. [4] [5] [6]
Janus Plousiadenos (~1429–1500), Greek Renaissance composer and hymn writer; Harilaos Perpessas (1907–1995), 20th-century composer; Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917), composer of operas, but widely known as for composition of the song "Olympic Hymn" Kyriakos Sfetsas (born 1945) Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949), 20th-century composer
His song cycles are based on poems by Greek authors, as well as by García Lorca and Neruda: Epitaphios, Archipelagos, Politia A-D, Epiphania, The Hostage, Mykres Kyklades, Mauthausen, Romiossini, Sun and Time, Songs for Andreas, Mythology, Night of Death, Ta Lyrika, The Quarters of the World, Dionysos, Phaedra, Mia Thalassa, Os Archaios Anemos ...
Vangelis returned to his Greek roots by recording new arrangements of Greek folk songs with actress and singer Irene Papas. The first set of songs were released under Papas' name as the album Odes, which was a success in Greece. [44] and would be followed in 1986 by a second album, Rapsodies. [46]
Map showing the location of the Greek island of Rhodes. The "Swallow Song of Rhodes" is a famous ancient Greek folk song.In a tradition closely resembling the modern custom of trick-or-treating, [1] during the month of Boedromion, the children on the Greek island of Rhodes would go out dressed as swallows and beg from door to door, singing the song.
It was the highest placing non-English song of the contest. "Opa" was the most popular song for the jury in the United Kingdom, being awarded the full 12 points. Following Eurovision, "Opa" was formally adopted by Bournemouth University in the UK as their fieldwork anthem on the excavation programme throughout June and July 2010. [20]
Zorba the Greek (Αλέξης Ζορμπάς) Michael Cacoyannis: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates: Drama: English language; won 3 Oscars, +2 wins, +16 nom IMDb: Treason (Προδοσία) Kostas Manoussakis: 2 Awards in Thessaloniki Film Festival Entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival: Doloma, To (Το δόλωμα) Alekos Sakellarios