Panayotis League examines the role Greek Orthodox liturgical music and the syncretic urban genre rebetika play in the popular music of insular Greece. Looking at examples from western Crete, Mytilene, and Kalymnos, he explores questions of style, technique, and repertoire.
Third Boston Byzantine Music Festival
Myth, Mimesis, and Mimicry: Rebetic and Byzantine Echoes in Traditional Greek Music
Date:
Nov 14, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
Location:
Hellenic College Holy Cross
Building:
Archbishop Iakovos Library Reading Room
Address:
50 Goddard Ave
Brookline, MA 02445-7415
Panayotis League discusses the intersection of Greek Orthodox liturgical music and rebetika in the music of insular Greece.
