O potamos

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This recording features a tune that was recorded several times in Greek historical discography. For example:

– “O potamos”, Th. Klironomos, Athens, 1907-1908 (Odeon GX-170 – 65104), present recording
– “Potame”, Spyros Papastathopoulos, Cairo or Alexandria, January 1914 (Gramophone 3344 ah – 15-12760).
– “Tzane potame mou”, Kyria [Mrs.] Koula – Dionysis Pongis (violin), Giannis Kyriakatis (clarinet), Louis Rassias (santour) New York, 1920 (Panhellenion 8005).
– “Potame tzanem potame mou”, Michalis Vlachopoulos and Choir – Folk Orchestra, Athens, February 10, 1922 (His Master's Voice BS 113-1 – ΑΟ 118).
– “Tzanem potame mou”, Sotiris Stassinopoulos, New York, April 1925 (Columbia USA 59943-2 – 56020-F and Columbia UK 59943 – 11522).
– “Potame tzanem potame mou”, Rita Ampatzi – Folk Orchestra, Nikos Rellias (clarinet), Athens, July 21, 1934 (His Master's Voice OT 1733-1 – AO 2164).
– “O potamos”, Giorgos Papasideris – G. Anestopoulos (clarinet) and Folk Orchestra, Athens, October 14, 1950 (His Master's Voice OGA 1667-1 – AO 2961 and RCA-Victor 26-8266-B).

The musical score of the song is included in Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray's collection "Trente mélodies populaires de Grèce et d'Orient", which was published in 1876 in Paris by Henry Lemoine et Cie (see here). It includes melodies collected and harmonized by Bourgault-Ducoudray during the research trip that he made to Greece and Asia Minor in 1875 (see in detail the extremely interesting text by Giorgos Kokkonis, 2017d: 13-47). In addition, it is included in the collection "Arion. I mousiki ton Ellinon os diesothi apo ton archaiotaton chronon mechri tis simeron" (Arion. The music of the Greeks as preserved from ancient times to the present day) by Adamantios Remantas and Prokopios D. Zacharias, with the title "Katavafkalismos", released in 1917, in Athens, by Epam. Zagkouroglou (see here), and in the collection "Dimotika tragoudia" (Folk songs) as a trascription by Giorgos Theofilopoulos (see here). The song was published as a musical score in Athens by the Georgios Fexis publishing house , as a transcription by Nikos D. Petropoulos (see here).

The song was published as a musical score in Athens by the Georgios Fexis publishing house (see here), and in New York by the Apollo Music publishing house (see here) as a transcription by Nikolaos Kokkinos. Under the title "Asma Athinaikon" (Athenian Song, see here) it is also included in the publication "I mousiki ton Ellinon os diesothi apo ton archaiotaton chronon mechri tis simeron" (Arion. The music of the Greeks as preserved from ancient times to the present day) by Adamantios Remantas and Prokopios D. Zacharias, published in 1917, in Athens, by Epam. Zagkouroglou.

The label on the record reads "Dimodes" (Folk-like).


Author (Composer):
Lyrics by:
Unknown
Singer(s):
Klironomos Th.
Recording date:
1907-1908
Recording location:
Athens
Language(s):
Greek
Publisher:
Odeon
Catalogue number:
NO-65104
Matrix number:
GX-170
Duration:
3:18
Item location:
Kounadis Archive Record Library
Physical description:
10¾ in. (27 cm)
Source:
Kounadis Archive
ID:
Odeon_65104_OPotamos
Licensing:
cc
Reference link:
Kounadis Archive, "O potamos", 2019, https://vmrebetiko.gr/en/item-en?id=5176

This recording features a tune that was recorded several times in Greek historical discography. For example:

– “O potamos”, Th. Klironomos, Athens, 1907-1908 (Odeon GX-170 – 65104), present recording
– “Potame”, Spyros Papastathopoulos, Cairo or Alexandria, January 1914 (Gramophone 3344 ah – 15-12760).
– “Tzane potame mou”, Kyria [Mrs.] Koula – Dionysis Pongis (violin), Giannis Kyriakatis (clarinet), Louis Rassias (santour) New York, 1920 (Panhellenion 8005).
– “Potame tzanem potame mou”, Michalis Vlachopoulos and Choir – Folk Orchestra, Athens, February 10, 1922 (His Master's Voice BS 113-1 – ΑΟ 118).
– “Tzanem potame mou”, Sotiris Stassinopoulos, New York, April 1925 (Columbia USA 59943-2 – 56020-F and Columbia UK 59943 – 11522).
– “Potame tzanem potame mou”, Rita Ampatzi – Folk Orchestra, Nikos Rellias (clarinet), Athens, July 21, 1934 (His Master's Voice OT 1733-1 – AO 2164).
– “O potamos”, Giorgos Papasideris – G. Anestopoulos (clarinet) and Folk Orchestra, Athens, October 14, 1950 (His Master's Voice OGA 1667-1 – AO 2961 and RCA-Victor 26-8266-B).

The musical score of the song is included in Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray's collection "Trente mélodies populaires de Grèce et d'Orient", which was published in 1876 in Paris by Henry Lemoine et Cie (see here). It includes melodies collected and harmonized by Bourgault-Ducoudray during the research trip that he made to Greece and Asia Minor in 1875 (see in detail the extremely interesting text by Giorgos Kokkonis, 2017d: 13-47). In addition, it is included in the collection "Arion. I mousiki ton Ellinon os diesothi apo ton archaiotaton chronon mechri tis simeron" (Arion. The music of the Greeks as preserved from ancient times to the present day) by Adamantios Remantas and Prokopios D. Zacharias, with the title "Katavafkalismos", released in 1917, in Athens, by Epam. Zagkouroglou (see here), and in the collection "Dimotika tragoudia" (Folk songs) as a trascription by Giorgos Theofilopoulos (see here). The song was published as a musical score in Athens by the Georgios Fexis publishing house , as a transcription by Nikos D. Petropoulos (see here).

The song was published as a musical score in Athens by the Georgios Fexis publishing house (see here), and in New York by the Apollo Music publishing house (see here) as a transcription by Nikolaos Kokkinos. Under the title "Asma Athinaikon" (Athenian Song, see here) it is also included in the publication "I mousiki ton Ellinon os diesothi apo ton archaiotaton chronon mechri tis simeron" (Arion. The music of the Greeks as preserved from ancient times to the present day) by Adamantios Remantas and Prokopios D. Zacharias, published in 1917, in Athens, by Epam. Zagkouroglou.

The label on the record reads "Dimodes" (Folk-like).


Author (Composer):
Lyrics by:
Unknown
Singer(s):
Klironomos Th.
Recording date:
1907-1908
Recording location:
Athens
Language(s):
Greek
Publisher:
Odeon
Catalogue number:
NO-65104
Matrix number:
GX-170
Duration:
3:18
Item location:
Kounadis Archive Record Library
Physical description:
10¾ in. (27 cm)
Source:
Kounadis Archive
ID:
Odeon_65104_OPotamos
Licensing:
cc
Reference link:
Kounadis Archive, "O potamos", 2019, https://vmrebetiko.gr/en/item-en?id=5176

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