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    Rebetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, pronounced [re(m)ˈbetiko]), plural rebetika (ρεμπέτικα [re(m)ˈbetika]), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico...
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  • many forms over the years. Laïkó followed after the commercialization of Rebetiko music. It is strongly dominated by Greek folk music and it is used to describe...
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    refugees from Anatolia, and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches. It is now an important element of modern...
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  • 1950s, rebetiko had declined; it only survived in the form of archontorebetiko (αρχοντορεμπέτικο "posh rebetiko"), a refined style of rebetiko that was...
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  • by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Albanian,...
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    George Dalaras (category Greek rebetiko singers)
    music were the basic forms of Greek music, such as traditional, folk, rebetiko, laïka, which influenced him as an artist. In addition, he has performed...
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  • original music by Stavros Xarchakos. The film is based on the life of rebetiko singer Marika Ninou and gained cult status in Greece. This musical drama...
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    Markos Vamvakaris (category Rebetiko musicians)
    Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 February 1972), was a rebetiko musician. He is universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos...
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    Souravli, Tambouras, Tambourine, Trigono, Tsampouna, Tympano, Zilia) Rebetiko Rock (Punk) Religion and lore Ancient religion (Origins, Modern Revival)...
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  • Manges are also notable for being closely associated to the history of rebetiko. The three most probable etymologies of the word Mangas are the following:...
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  • tambouras, although larger and possessing four strings. It is used in the rebetiko genre, a synthesis of the disparate remnants of urban Byzantine culture...
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    revues, operettas and nocturnes that dominated Athens' theater scene. Rebetiko, initially a music associated with the lower classes, later reached greater...
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    Vassilis Tsitsanis (category Greek rebetiko singers)
    composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered...
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  • Michalis Genitsaris (category Greek rebetiko singers)
    singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. He composed such...
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    of the international popular music of that era. In the 1930s the first rebetiko recordings had a massive impact on Greek music in America. The tradition...
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    traditional folk rhythms, for the particularly cover of the Greek laiko and rebetiko music. Greek musical instruments Greek folk music Greek music Goblet drum...
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  • Sotiria Bellou (category Greek rebetiko singers)
    (August 22, 1921 – August 27, 1997) was a Greek singer and performer of the rebetiko style of music. She was one of the most famous rebetisa of all, mentioned...
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    soft clicking sounds. Worry beads can be a musical instrument, related to rebetiko. Sound is emitted using a drinking glass and rubbing the lip against the...
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    Souravli, Tambouras, Tambourine, Trigono, Tsampouna, Tympano, Zilia) Rebetiko Rock (Punk) Religion and lore Ancient religion (Origins, Modern Revival)...
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    Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
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  • braggadocio and humor. Antikristos Bouzouki Greek dances Hasapiko List of dances Rebetiko Kamilierikos Zeibekiko of Evdokia Zeibeks Zeybek dance Chrysopoulos, Philip...
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    most often found supporting the bouzouki in the Piraeus city style of rebetiko. The body is often hollowed out from a piece of wood (skaftos, construction)...
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    Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
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    Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
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    bayıldı. Falireas brothers stem from a family with a long connection with rebetiko: their father owned both a record label specialising in the genre and a...
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    of Asfaleia was to secure public order. The regime also repressed the rebetiko music due to the uncompromising lyrics and favoured the traditional Greek...
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    Ιακωβίδης; 2 January 1955 – 5 August 2020) was a Greek folk singer of rebetiko style. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Koza...
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  • "Zorba's Dance" was composed by Mikis Theodorakis, who derived it from rebetiko, a form of urban music performed by Greek musicians with Turkish makam...
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    Bulgarian Chalga Starogradska muzika Croatian Starogradska muzika Greek Laïko Rebetiko Tsifteteli Italian Kosovan Tallava Montenegrin Macedonian Čalgija Starogradska...
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    Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
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