- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Overview of Greek Music in America
1 -
Growth of Liturgical Music in the Iakovian Era
1 -
Greek Café Music
1 -
Amanes: The Legacy of the Oriental Mother
1 - Rebetika, the Blues of Greece—and Australia
-
George Katsaros: The Last Café-Aman Performer
1 -
“Health to You, Marko, with Your Bouzouki!”: The Role of Spoken Interjection in Greek Musicians’ Imagined Performance World in Historical Recordings Made in America and Abroad
1 - Turkish Music in the Greek American Experience
-
Survival of Greek Folk Music in New York
1 -
Communities Born in Song
1 -
Musical Practice and Memory on the Edge of Two Worlds: Kalymnian Tsambouna and Song Repertoire in the Family of Nikitas Tsimouris
1 - Alternate Resonances: Kalymnian Traditions in Tarpon Springs, Florida
- Greek Record Making in the Early Days, 1896–1937
- Greek Music Piano Rolls in the United States
- Encountering Greek American Soundscapes
-
Bouzoukis and Belly Dancers, Drinkers and Dreamers: A Look at Greek Nightlife at the Crossroads
1 -
Part Four Profiles - Giorgos “Nisyrios” Makrigiannis (1875–1933)
-
Madame Koula (circa 1880–1954)
1 -
George Dimitrios Grachis (1882–1965)
1 - Harilaos Piperakis (1888–1978)
-
Marika Papagika (1890–1943)
1 - Theodotos “Tetos” Demetriades (1897–1971)
-
Amalia Baka (1897–1979)
1 -
Ioannis Halikias, aka Jack Gregory (1898–1957)
1 - John K. Gianaros (1904–1998)
- Pericles Halkias (1909–2005)
- Steve Zembillas (1923–2002) and the Grecophon Record Company
-
Nicholas “Nicos” Tseperis (1923–2010) and Nina Records
1 - Sotirios (Sam) Chianis (b. 1926)
- Ilias Kementzides (1926–2006)
- Giannis Tatasopoulos (1928–2001)
- Gust J. (Dino) Pappas (1931–1999)
- Harilaos Papapostolou (1932–1998)
- Kay Skordilis (b. 1936)
- Peter Stephen Kyvelos (1943–2017)
- Trio Bel Canto and Takis Elenis (b. 1948)
- George E. Soffos (1953–2013)
- Appendix
- References
- Contributors
- Index
Encountering Greek American Soundscapes
Encountering Greek American Soundscapes
- Chapter:
- (p.312) Encountering Greek American Soundscapes
- Source:
- Greek Music in America
- Author(s):
Anthony Shay
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
In “Encountering Greek American Soundscapes,” respected dance scholar and choreographer Anthony Shay investigates the context of Greek musical performances based on his experiences as a young folk dancer in California from the 1950s to 1970s. After first tracing immigration history and exploring the circumstances in which people listened to music, sang, played musical instruments, and danced in Greece, he then delineates the types of music in several different American contexts, as well as who plays or sings each genre and, who forms the audience. Among the contexts that he notes are church picnics, as well as Greek taverns and clubs such as Athenian Gardens and Greek Village.
Keywords: Greek music clubs, California, Greek folk dance, Athenian Gardens, Greek instruments
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
-
Overview of Greek Music in America
1 -
Growth of Liturgical Music in the Iakovian Era
1 -
Greek Café Music
1 -
Amanes: The Legacy of the Oriental Mother
1 - Rebetika, the Blues of Greece—and Australia
-
George Katsaros: The Last Café-Aman Performer
1 -
“Health to You, Marko, with Your Bouzouki!”: The Role of Spoken Interjection in Greek Musicians’ Imagined Performance World in Historical Recordings Made in America and Abroad
1 - Turkish Music in the Greek American Experience
-
Survival of Greek Folk Music in New York
1 -
Communities Born in Song
1 -
Musical Practice and Memory on the Edge of Two Worlds: Kalymnian Tsambouna and Song Repertoire in the Family of Nikitas Tsimouris
1 - Alternate Resonances: Kalymnian Traditions in Tarpon Springs, Florida
- Greek Record Making in the Early Days, 1896–1937
- Greek Music Piano Rolls in the United States
- Encountering Greek American Soundscapes
-
Bouzoukis and Belly Dancers, Drinkers and Dreamers: A Look at Greek Nightlife at the Crossroads
1 -
Part Four Profiles - Giorgos “Nisyrios” Makrigiannis (1875–1933)
-
Madame Koula (circa 1880–1954)
1 -
George Dimitrios Grachis (1882–1965)
1 - Harilaos Piperakis (1888–1978)
-
Marika Papagika (1890–1943)
1 - Theodotos “Tetos” Demetriades (1897–1971)
-
Amalia Baka (1897–1979)
1 -
Ioannis Halikias, aka Jack Gregory (1898–1957)
1 - John K. Gianaros (1904–1998)
- Pericles Halkias (1909–2005)
- Steve Zembillas (1923–2002) and the Grecophon Record Company
-
Nicholas “Nicos” Tseperis (1923–2010) and Nina Records
1 - Sotirios (Sam) Chianis (b. 1926)
- Ilias Kementzides (1926–2006)
- Giannis Tatasopoulos (1928–2001)
- Gust J. (Dino) Pappas (1931–1999)
- Harilaos Papapostolou (1932–1998)
- Kay Skordilis (b. 1936)
- Peter Stephen Kyvelos (1943–2017)
- Trio Bel Canto and Takis Elenis (b. 1948)
- George E. Soffos (1953–2013)
- Appendix
- References
- Contributors
- Index
