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According to the musical score of the song, published in Athens by the “Mousiki” publishing house of Z. Makris under the title “Po! Po! Po! Po!”, this recordind includes the duet of Agamemnon and Mina from the three-act operetta “O arlekinos” by Theofrastos Sakellaridis. The play was first performed on June 3, 1920, by the Papaioannou troupe at the Papaioannou Theatre.
Apart from the present version, the song was recorded several times in Greek historical discography. For example:
– “O mortis”, Tetos Dimitriadis, New York, May 15, 1922 (Victor B-26357 – 73347-A).
– “Po, po, po, po”, Marika Papagkika, Grigorios Georgiou and Orchestra, New York, September 1923 (Columbia 89410 – 7003-F).
– “Po! po! po!”, Eleni Vlachopoulou, F. Tambouras and Orchestra, Athens, March 1926 (His Master's Voice BJ 305-1 – AO-134).
– “Po po po”, Despοinis [Miss] Vilma, Giorgos Vidalis and Orchestra, Berlin, 1929 (Odeon Go 1137 – GA 1440).
In March 1929, the Columbia Greek Orchestra made four recordings in New York for the Greek-American market, one of which was “O mortis” (W 206205-1 – 56174F). Despite the orchestra’s name and judging by the sound but also by Dick Spottswood's notes (see 1990: 1143), the Jewish musicians Abe Schwartz (Romania, 1881 – New York, 1963) and Dave Tarras (Teplik, Ukraine, 1895 or 1898 – New York, February 13, 1989) participated in the orchestra. In addition, in "O mortis", another famous melody can be heard: the one from "Kasapiko", “Nina” and their Jewish versions (check the tabs of the aforementioned Greek titles).
Around 1947–1948, once again in America, Ioannis Halikias (bouzouki), with Nick Yortamas (guitar), recorded "Trikouverto – Chasapiko" for his own record label, Athena Recordings (1903) In this recording, the opening theme played by Halikias is the tune under consideration while from 1′09″ onward, the dominant musical theme from “Vlachiko Syrto” can also be heard.
The song was released by the Orfeon company, about which Aristomenis Kalyviotis (2002: 109-110) notes:
“The company Orfeon (Blumenthal Record and Talking Machine Co. Ltd.), owned by brothers Herman and Julius Blumenthal, began recording in Constantinople in late 1910 or early 1911, where it also operated a record manufacturing plant. Before founding Orfeon, the Blumenthal brothers had been Odeon’s representatives in Constantinople. On the company’s record labels, the name sometimes appears as Orfeon Record, Orfeos Record, or even in Greek as ‘Ορφείον’. The company’s repertoire included many Greek songs”.
According to the musical score of the song, published in Athens by the “Mousiki” publishing house of Z. Makris under the title “Po! Po! Po! Po!”, this recordind includes the duet of Agamemnon and Mina from the three-act operetta “O arlekinos” by Theofrastos Sakellaridis. The play was first performed on June 3, 1920, by the Papaioannou troupe at the Papaioannou Theatre.
Apart from the present version, the song was recorded several times in Greek historical discography. For example:
– “O mortis”, Tetos Dimitriadis, New York, May 15, 1922 (Victor B-26357 – 73347-A).
– “Po, po, po, po”, Marika Papagkika, Grigorios Georgiou and Orchestra, New York, September 1923 (Columbia 89410 – 7003-F).
– “Po! po! po!”, Eleni Vlachopoulou, F. Tambouras and Orchestra, Athens, March 1926 (His Master's Voice BJ 305-1 – AO-134).
– “Po po po”, Despοinis [Miss] Vilma, Giorgos Vidalis and Orchestra, Berlin, 1929 (Odeon Go 1137 – GA 1440).
In March 1929, the Columbia Greek Orchestra made four recordings in New York for the Greek-American market, one of which was “O mortis” (W 206205-1 – 56174F). Despite the orchestra’s name and judging by the sound but also by Dick Spottswood's notes (see 1990: 1143), the Jewish musicians Abe Schwartz (Romania, 1881 – New York, 1963) and Dave Tarras (Teplik, Ukraine, 1895 or 1898 – New York, February 13, 1989) participated in the orchestra. In addition, in "O mortis", another famous melody can be heard: the one from "Kasapiko", “Nina” and their Jewish versions (check the tabs of the aforementioned Greek titles).
Around 1947–1948, once again in America, Ioannis Halikias (bouzouki), with Nick Yortamas (guitar), recorded "Trikouverto – Chasapiko" for his own record label, Athena Recordings (1903) In this recording, the opening theme played by Halikias is the tune under consideration while from 1′09″ onward, the dominant musical theme from “Vlachiko Syrto” can also be heard.
The song was released by the Orfeon company, about which Aristomenis Kalyviotis (2002: 109-110) notes:
“The company Orfeon (Blumenthal Record and Talking Machine Co. Ltd.), owned by brothers Herman and Julius Blumenthal, began recording in Constantinople in late 1910 or early 1911, where it also operated a record manufacturing plant. Before founding Orfeon, the Blumenthal brothers had been Odeon’s representatives in Constantinople. On the company’s record labels, the name sometimes appears as Orfeon Record, Orfeos Record, or even in Greek as ‘Ορφείον’. The company’s repertoire included many Greek songs”.
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