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Rebetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, pronounced [re(m)ˈbetiko]), plural rebetika (ρεμπέτικα [re(m)ˈbetika]), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and developed into a more distinctive musical genre.
Rebetiko, plural rebetika, (Greek ρεμπέτικο and ρεμπέτικα respectively) is the name for a type of urban Greek music. The main article for this category is Rebetiko . Subcategories
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He befriended since he was a teenager the songwriter Vassilis Tsitsanis, who led him to a lifelong interest for the popular Greek musical form rebetiko, of which he became the leading historian. [2] In 1959, he published his first major treatise, concerning three significant figures of contemporary Greek culture, eponymously titled Elytis ...
A singer of rebetiko, Smyrneika, and other music, she was a popular performer on gramophone records in the 1930s. During that decade, the only female singer of rebetiko who rivalled her in popularity, and in the number of her recordings, was Roza Eskenazi. [3] [4] [5]
Most rebetiko songs are based on traditional Greek or Anatolian dance rhythms. Most common are: Syrtos, a general name for many Greek dances (including the Nisiotika), (mostly a 4 4 meter in various forms) Zeibekiko, a 9 4 or a 9 8 meter, in its various forms; Sirtaki, including various kinds of Greek music. It is also the fast version of ...
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Misirlou (Μισιρλού), due to the suffix "ou", is the feminine form (in Greek [3]) of Misirlis (Μισιρλής- a surname) which comes from the Turkish word Mısırlı, which is formed by combining Mısır ("Egypt" in Turkish, borrowed from Arabic مِصر Miṣr) with the Turkish -lı suffix, literally meaning "Egyptian".