Greek Music

[Mark Simcox]

Hi Everyone, About a year ago when I first started playing the Mandolin I found a website that had some really good Greek tunes on the link was

www.geocities.com/scoresgr

Unfortunately I don't seem to be able to access any of the sheet music there. Does anyone know how to access this site or of any other free sheet music site that provides decen greek music.

Many thanks

Mark Simcox

[glauber]

If he doesn't find you, you may want to look for Comrade Vkioulaphides in the Classical board. He knows a lot about Greek music. I on the other hand, know a lot about Geek music.

[vkioulaphides]

Greetings, Mark.

The reason I have not replied yet is that you are asking specifically about free music. The editions of traditional, Greek mandolin music I have made are published by a "composers' collective" —a Greek (myself), an Italian, and a Spaniard— and the rights to them are therefore collectively owned.

The purpose of all sales is to finance further research in Mediterranean traditional/folk music for the mandolin (e.g. for purchases of vintage LP's, sheet music, etc.) While nobody is getting rich this way (ha, ha), I am not at liberty to circulate free copies. At the same time, I do not wish to make my replies in the non-Classifieds area of the board one continuous, perpetual, and annoying sales-pitch. I am sure we see this eye-to-eye.

Best of luck in your quest.

Victor
(The Greek Geek # )

[Alekos]

Hello friends,

I'm afraid Mark you won't find the free scores here anymore.. regrettably I haven't save them too, so I can't help you

Victor, If you're insterested I've inherited few old Greek LP's after my granddad (17 singles, all cca 30 years old), there are also some dimotika among them (because I don't have a grammophone I can't tell you exactly how much). If it could be interesting to you, I'd be happy to present them to you, in order to support your research..

regards,
Alex.

[mikeyes]

I've got a burning interest in Greek music too ever since my son became engaged to a wonderful girl whose family makes the "Big Fat Greek Wedding" family look like the Queen Elizabeth's (they are terrific, and exhuberant.) I figure I better learn some Greek tunes but have not looked at any sources yet. I would be interested in buying some CDs etc. Any suggestions?

[vkioulaphides]

Many thanks, Alex; however, at this time, my colleagues and I are involved in a Belle Epoque project, specifically gathering music from turn-of-the-century Athens (in my case). Some of this music will be published as our 2006 issue in a volume of music for mandolin, either unaccompanied or provided with chord-symbols for a hypothetical (guitar or piano) accompaniment, and elaborated in Gioviale-like fashion.

I do appreciate the offer but must decline— no offense, I hope.

Cheers,

Victor

[Jim Garber]

I also had found that site some time ago. It looks like it was still online as of August 2004. I did download the files tho and have put them on a web page for download. They are all pdf files and can be found here.

I found a few interesting ones in the "difficult" section.

Jim

[mikeyes]

Jim,

Thanks for the URL to your site, I will try and learn some of the tunes.

Victor and Alex,

How do we access your offerings?

[Alekos]

No problem Victor, I understand. Tell us please more about Belle Epoque project, it sounds very interesting..

thanks,
Alex.

[vkioulaphides]

Good morning, Mike.

If you are interested in any of the three volumes of Greek mandolin music I have edited/published (i.e. the Ionian, Athenian, and Aegean Mandolinatas), please just drop me an e-mail at my home address, which is:

vkioulaphides@earthlink.net

I can then give you further information upon request, without making this post on a public forum into a shameless sales-pitch. Then, if you are interested, I can send you copies without any obligation from you: you keep them, you pay for them; you return them, you owe me nothing. Fair enough?

The 2005 issue of GrecoMando Editions (the "Greek division" of the composer's collective) was the Sinfonia-Overtura Nº 5 by Nikólaos Mántzaros, Greece's first "classical" composer; the Belle Epoque project, slated for publication in 2006, is a work-in-progress.

Cheers to one and all,

Victor

[Jim Garber]

In spite of Victor's non-sales pitch, they are wonderful pieces. You can hear and see one played by some young Dutch players here courtesy of Alex Timmerman.

Some unsolictied comments on this thread.

Jim

[vkioulaphides]

As a final addendum to my non-sales-pitch: Among our several editions of traditional mandolin music from Greece, the Ionian Mandolinata is also available in tablature for mandolin, plus chord-symbols for the accompanying instrument(s); I was just reminded of that by a fellow-citizen of the Café, who ordered specifically the tab issue.

Cheers to all!

[Greg Stec]

My two cents:

There is no sheet music there, but a whole bunch of Greek music on midi files can be found at www.greekmidi.com .

Oo Pah!
Greg

PS. I'm not of Greek extraction, but I peacefully co-exist with a bunch of 'em in Baltimore.

[vkioulaphides]

[QUOTE]"I'm not of Greek extraction, but I peacefully co-exist with a bunch of 'em..."

That, my friend, is what Aristotle called a false antithesis: it is if you WERE "of Greek extraction" that you would probably NOT be able to peacefully co-exist with the rest of us.



Cheers to you, too!

Victor K.

[OdnamNool]

YIKES! The formality here! Hah! From what I recall, it's a bunch of wild dancing, drinking, and a tossin' the plates! Woo Hooo! FUN! (sorry....carry on...)

[Mark Simcox]

Hi jim,

Just revisited this thread and realised that I had not thanked you for your site with the tunes I had seen some time ago. Many thanks for taking the trouble to reply.

Efharisto poli

Mark