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'''Rembetika''' (sometimes transliterated '''rebetika''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] τα ρεμπέτικα) is a kind of popular urban [[Greece|Greek]] music.<ref>Strictly speaking, rembetika are the individual musical works, rembetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο) being the genre, but the plural has come to be the standard form for both.</ref> The musicians were known as rembetes (Greek: ρεμπέτης). | '''Rembetika''' (sometimes transliterated '''rebetika''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] τα ρεμπέτικα) is a kind of popular urban [[Greece|Greek]] music.<ref>Strictly speaking, rembetika are the individual musical works, rembetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο) being the genre, but the plural has come to be the standard form for both.</ref> The musicians were known as rembetes (Greek: ρεμπέτης). | ||
==The roots of rembetika== | |||
Rembetika has its roots in two musical traditions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the music of the urban Greek social fringes, especially in the [[Piraeus]] (often compared to the [[blues]] sub-culture in the [[United States]] at about the same time), and the [[cafe aman]] (Smyrnaika, or Smyrneika) of the [[Asia Minor]] cities of [[Smyrna]] and [[Constantinople]]. | Rembetika has its roots in two musical traditions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the music of the urban Greek social fringes, especially in the [[Piraeus]] (often compared to the [[blues]] sub-culture in the [[United States]] at about the same time), and the [[cafe aman]] (Smyrnaika, or Smyrneika) of the [[Asia Minor]] cities of [[Smyrna]] and [[Constantinople]]. | ||
==The music== | |||
==The musicians and singers== | |||
==Rembetika's influence== | |||
Revision as of 09:04, 8 April 2007
Rembetika (sometimes transliterated rebetika (Greek τα ρεμπέτικα) is a kind of popular urban Greek music.[1] The musicians were known as rembetes (Greek: ρεμπέτης).
The roots of rembetika
Rembetika has its roots in two musical traditions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the music of the urban Greek social fringes, especially in the Piraeus (often compared to the blues sub-culture in the United States at about the same time), and the cafe aman (Smyrnaika, or Smyrneika) of the Asia Minor cities of Smyrna and Constantinople.
The music
The musicians and singers
Rembetika's influence
Notes
- ↑ Strictly speaking, rembetika are the individual musical works, rembetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο) being the genre, but the plural has come to be the standard form for both.
Reading
- Gail Holst Road to Rembetika: Music of the Greek Sub-culture. Athens: Denise Harvey, 1975. ISBN 960-7120-07-8
External links
- "Rembetika" — L.H. Kritikos