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Theopoula Doitsidi
Biographical Note

Theopoula Doitsidi was born in 1952. Together with her father Karyofyllis Doitsidis and her sister Lambriana Doitsidi, they have released many records, both personal and in collaboration with other artists.
Songs

Thrace Evros, Karoti Easter Song, Ritual Song
It’s Eastertime (Easter Dance)
Τώρα τις Πασχαλιόημιρις
It’s Eastertime, my lithe and lissome one, my lithe and lissome one,
the greatest of all feasts,
you fair-haired ones, you ...

Thrace Evros, Karoti Easter Song, Ritual Song
Maria’ S Gone to Pick Some Lilac
Μαρία πάει για πασχαλιές
Maria’s gone to pick some lilac, a nightingale is singing,
she goes to gather lilac blossom in vineyards and in paddocks.
A...

Asia Minor Smyrna, Baindiri Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Baidiri, Asia Minor) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Mπαϊντίρι)
...
The Virgin heard the awful news, she swooned and fell,
they fetched some water in a crock; three tumblers of flower-wat...

Propontis Marmara Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Marmaras, Asia Minor) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Μαρμαράς)
...
A voice from heaven could be heard, a good archangel speaking.
My lady, that’s enough of prayers, enough of doing penan...

Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Skoutaro Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Mytilene) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Μυτιλήνη)
...
Obediently returning home, she laid the supper table
and patiently sat down to wait until her son should come back.
Sa...

Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Phourni) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Φούρνοι Ικαρίας)
...
– Be off with you, you gypsy scum, and may your hearth grow cold,
and may you lack a second shirt to clothe your wretch...

Pontus Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Pontus) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Πόντος)
...
Do you not see that naked man, forlorn and sore afflicted,
who wears a garment steeped in blood,
a thorny crown upon h...

Thrace Holy Week’s Ritual Song, Ritual Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Thrace) (Holy Week Lament)
Το μοιρολόι της Παναγιάς (Θράκη)
...
Today the sky is sullen black, the day itself is sullen,
today all folk are sorrowing, the mountains are in mourning,
...
Albums

Easter Songs
Singer
CD
Concerts

1971-1980 England
Concerts at the English Bach Festival
Invited by Lina Lalandi, founder of the English Bach Festival...