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The song can be found with differences in the lyrics by Lailios Karakasis in the magazine "Laika tragoudia tis Smyrnis" (Popular songs of Smyrna) ["Mikrasiatika Chronika" (Asia Minor Chronicles), issue 4, 1948].
The recording was also released under the label Zonophone (record number: X 102813). The sound engineer Max Hampe was responsible for the recording (for more information see http://www.recordingpioneers.com).
In addition to this version, the song, under the title "Giasemi", was recorded in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1906-1907 by the Kotsos Vlachos Estudiantina (Odeon Cx 942 G – 46006).
The musical score of the song, transcribed by Nikolaos Kokkinos, was published in Athens by the Georgios Fexis publishing house.
Aristomenis Kalyviotis (2020: 146) mentions the following about the singer of the recording Giagkos Psomathianos (or Psomatianos or Psamathianos or Psamatianos or Psamatialis or Pantelonas): "His real name was Giannis Kalaitzoglou, and he obviously came from the Psamathia district of Constantinople (Istanbul). In the 1920s, he ran a phonograph store near the Peran (Beyoğlu) Tekke in Constantinople (Istanbul)".
The harmonization-cover of the song by the Norwegian composer, poet, translator and record collector Arne Dørumsgaard (Fredrikstad, Norway, December 7, 1921 - Marzio, Italy, March 13, 2006) is of particular interest. It was recorded under the title "To giasemi" by mezzo-soprano Irma Kolasi (Athens, May 28, 1918 - Paris, March 27, 2012) with an orchestra accompaniment under the direction of Robert Cornman. It was included on the double LP "Chants d' amour du monde: Volume I" (Le Chant du monde, LD-A-8220/8221) released in France in 1958.
The song can be found with differences in the lyrics by Lailios Karakasis in the magazine "Laika tragoudia tis Smyrnis" (Popular songs of Smyrna) ["Mikrasiatika Chronika" (Asia Minor Chronicles), issue 4, 1948].
The recording was also released under the label Zonophone (record number: X 102813). The sound engineer Max Hampe was responsible for the recording (for more information see http://www.recordingpioneers.com).
In addition to this version, the song, under the title "Giasemi", was recorded in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1906-1907 by the Kotsos Vlachos Estudiantina (Odeon Cx 942 G – 46006).
The musical score of the song, transcribed by Nikolaos Kokkinos, was published in Athens by the Georgios Fexis publishing house.
Aristomenis Kalyviotis (2020: 146) mentions the following about the singer of the recording Giagkos Psomathianos (or Psomatianos or Psamathianos or Psamatianos or Psamatialis or Pantelonas): "His real name was Giannis Kalaitzoglou, and he obviously came from the Psamathia district of Constantinople (Istanbul). In the 1920s, he ran a phonograph store near the Peran (Beyoğlu) Tekke in Constantinople (Istanbul)".
The harmonization-cover of the song by the Norwegian composer, poet, translator and record collector Arne Dørumsgaard (Fredrikstad, Norway, December 7, 1921 - Marzio, Italy, March 13, 2006) is of particular interest. It was recorded under the title "To giasemi" by mezzo-soprano Irma Kolasi (Athens, May 28, 1918 - Paris, March 27, 2012) with an orchestra accompaniment under the direction of Robert Cornman. It was included on the double LP "Chants d' amour du monde: Volume I" (Le Chant du monde, LD-A-8220/8221) released in France in 1958.
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