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This four page musical score contains the song “Chavagia” (Hawaiian guitar), with music and lyrics by Kleon Triantafyllou, better known by his stage name Attik.
The full-colour front cover features an artistic composition centered on a guitar. It features “Attic Songs”, “2nd Edition”, the title of the song, the designation “Hawaiian waltz”, the composer's full name, his artistic pseudonym (Attic), “Based on the motifs of the Parisian hit 'Pourtant' by the same composer”, “Lith. 'SETLA', 6 Kapnokoptiriou St., Athens” and “Attic Editions, Athens” (in both Greek and French). The cover also bears two blue ink stamps.
The second page contains the printed dedication “Dedicated to the Hawaiian guitar players of 'Mandra'”, together with a blue ink stamp reading “Authentic Copy – Attic Songs”. It also includes “Sur les motifs du Succès Parisien "Pourtant" Valse-hésitation du même compositeur” (Based on the motifs of the Parisian hit 'Pourtant', Valse-hésitation, by the same composer).
On the third page, beneath the musical notation, appear “Rich. Fretsa” and “Just Published – Mi Zileveis (Popular Tango) by the same composer”.
The monochrome back cover lists song titles by the composer.
This is a musical score with a three-staff system (two for piano and one for voice).
The song “Chavagia” was recorded in Athens in 1935 by Kakia Mendri, accompanied by an orchestra and Kostas Bezos' Hawaiian (lap steel) guitars band (His Master's Voice OGA 201-1 – AO 2231).
No recording of the French version of the song has so far been identified in the 78 rpm discography.
Attik (the stage name of Kleon Triantafyllou, 1885–1944) was a composer, lyricist, pianist and singer, and is regarded as one of the leading figures of the Greek light song (elafro tragoudi). Born into a prosperous Greek family in Egypt, where he spent his childhood, he received piano and flute lessons from an early age. In 1902 he settled with his family in Athens, continued his musical studies at the Odeion Athinon (Athens Conservatoire) and at the same time pursued a degree at the Law School of the University of Athens. Between 1907 and 1913 he lived in Paris, where he pursued a successful career as a composer, collaborating with leading composers, lyricists, and performers of the French musical scene. From this period, more than 280 of his compositions can be found in musical score (see for example here, here, here, here, here and here), signed as Cléon Triandaphyl ή C. Attic. These consist primarily of French-language songs (see for example here and here), as well as piano works, operettas (see here and here) and other compositions. In 1930 he founded the Mandra of Attik, some of which were also recorded on 78 rpm records a performance venue that played a significant role in the development of the Greek light song tradition and in promoting a new generation of composers and performers (for further information on Attik's life and work, see here, here and here).
This four page musical score contains the song “Chavagia” (Hawaiian guitar), with music and lyrics by Kleon Triantafyllou, better known by his stage name Attik.
The full-colour front cover features an artistic composition centered on a guitar. It features “Attic Songs”, “2nd Edition”, the title of the song, the designation “Hawaiian waltz”, the composer's full name, his artistic pseudonym (Attic), “Based on the motifs of the Parisian hit 'Pourtant' by the same composer”, “Lith. 'SETLA', 6 Kapnokoptiriou St., Athens” and “Attic Editions, Athens” (in both Greek and French). The cover also bears two blue ink stamps.
The second page contains the printed dedication “Dedicated to the Hawaiian guitar players of 'Mandra'”, together with a blue ink stamp reading “Authentic Copy – Attic Songs”. It also includes “Sur les motifs du Succès Parisien "Pourtant" Valse-hésitation du même compositeur” (Based on the motifs of the Parisian hit 'Pourtant', Valse-hésitation, by the same composer).
On the third page, beneath the musical notation, appear “Rich. Fretsa” and “Just Published – Mi Zileveis (Popular Tango) by the same composer”.
The monochrome back cover lists song titles by the composer.
This is a musical score with a three-staff system (two for piano and one for voice).
The song “Chavagia” was recorded in Athens in 1935 by Kakia Mendri, accompanied by an orchestra and Kostas Bezos' Hawaiian (lap steel) guitars band (His Master's Voice OGA 201-1 – AO 2231).
No recording of the French version of the song has so far been identified in the 78 rpm discography.
Attik (the stage name of Kleon Triantafyllou, 1885–1944) was a composer, lyricist, pianist and singer, and is regarded as one of the leading figures of the Greek light song (elafro tragoudi). Born into a prosperous Greek family in Egypt, where he spent his childhood, he received piano and flute lessons from an early age. In 1902 he settled with his family in Athens, continued his musical studies at the Odeion Athinon (Athens Conservatoire) and at the same time pursued a degree at the Law School of the University of Athens. Between 1907 and 1913 he lived in Paris, where he pursued a successful career as a composer, collaborating with leading composers, lyricists, and performers of the French musical scene. From this period, more than 280 of his compositions can be found in musical score (see for example here, here, here, here, here and here), signed as Cléon Triandaphyl ή C. Attic. These consist primarily of French-language songs (see for example here and here), as well as piano works, operettas (see here and here) and other compositions. In 1930 he founded the Mandra of Attik, some of which were also recorded on 78 rpm records a performance venue that played a significant role in the development of the Greek light song tradition and in promoting a new generation of composers and performers (for further information on Attik's life and work, see here, here and here).
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