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Domna’s first work for children came as a fulfilment of her constant aspiration to bring traditional folk songs closer to children –especially those living in the cities. Some of these sixteen traditional songs, with their ‘easy’ melodies, uplifting rhythms and amusing lyrics, were anyway sung by children –like 'Perperouna', 'Chelidonisma', and the 'Carols'. This LP is a milestone as for its content and for its aim.
Side A
Side B
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1. Perperouna
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2. I See Some Ships Approaching Port
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3. Arta’s Βridge
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4. Behold the Beautiful Orchard
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5. Down on the Sandy Beach
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6. They Sat on the Swing
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7. One Day a Tom Cat
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8. New Year Carol (Asia Minor)
- Production: Zodiac
- Year of release: 1980
- Type: LP
Multimedia
Videos
Domna Samiou on preparing the children's LP "Perperouna"
Greek National Television (ERT), 1980
Credits
Production team
- Domna Samiou (Research, Collection, Musical supervision)
Sound team
- Kostas Prikopoulos (Sound engineer)
Singer
- Domna Samiou (Amidst Three Seas, One Day a Tom Cat, I See Some Ships Approaching Port),
- Panagiotis Baganis (Behold the Beautiful Orchard, The Crab's to Wed),
- Yiorgos Bagiokis (I Am a Fisherman's Son, An Old Woman, an Old Gran, Arta’s Βridge)
Choir
- Children's Choir of the mixed High School 'Estia Neas Smyrnis' (Spring Carols, May, Perperouna, They Sat on the Swing, New Year Carol (Asia Minor), I Want to Climb up to the Top, The Crab's to Wed, Arta’s Βridge),
- Mixed choir (Gone with My Scarf)
Clarinet
Flute
Tsambouna
Violin
- Stefanos Vartanis (Gone with My Scarf, I Am a Fisherman's Son, Amidst Three Seas, May, New Year Carol (Asia Minor), An Old Woman, an Old Gran, The Crab's to Wed, I See Some Ships Approaching Port, Arta’s Βridge)
Lute
- Mathios Ventouris (Gone with My Scarf, Amidst Three Seas, May, New Year Carol (Asia Minor), An Old Woman, an Old Gran, I Want to Climb up to the Top, The Crab's to Wed, I See Some Ships Approaching Port)
Daouli (davul)
Goblet drum
Tongs
Informant (source of the song)
- Mr. Papantoniou (I Am a Fisherman's Son),
- Yannis Papayannis (They Sat on the Swing),
- Yannis Parisis (I See Some Ships Approaching Port),
- Yiorgis Tzoumas (New Year Carol (Asia Minor)),
- Dimitris Vlaskos (One Day a Tom Cat)
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