Kostas Papaprokopiou
Biographical Note
Born in 1956. He comes from a musical family from Doliana, in the Ioannina region of Epirus, and plays the lute.
In 1981 began for him a decade of collaboration with the theatre 'Dora Stratou', during which, in addition to the regular performances on Philopapou hill, he traveled repeatedly to other countries. He has collaborated with folk singers and musicians, representing Greece in various musical events abroad.
He is a member of the music group 'Keros'. He also builds string instruments –mostly laouta– and electronic sound reproduction systems.
Source: Kostas Papaprokopiou
Songs
Central Greece Euboea, Agios Dimitrios Fable Song (Ballad)
A Fair Maid Did Sing
Κόρη ξανθή τραγούδησε
A fair maid sang up upon a rope bridge,
but the bridge collapsed, and the river stood still.
And the river spirit came to h...
Sporades Skiathos Fable Song (Ballad)
A Little Shorty (Skiathos)
Ένας κοντός κοντούτσικος (Σκιάθος)
A short little man had a beautiful wife.
The whole neighbourhood was jealous, and all the land
and a pasha, a pasha envied ...
Asia Minor Fable Song (Ballad)
A Maid from Evripο
Μια κόρη από την Εύριπου
A maid from Evripo sought to set sail,
she sought to make passage.
She sought to make the passage to the far shore
and pai...
Dodecanese Rhodes Love Song, Wedding Song
A Partridge I Did Tame
Πέρτικαν εμέρωνα
A partridge I did tame, through April ‘til May came,
the tamer she became, the more she did complain.
All afire deep inside...
Propontis Nicomedea, Katirli Fable Song (Ballad)
A Prince Is to Be Wed (Evil In-Laws)
Αρχοντογιός παντρεύεται
A prince is to be wed
to a dark-eyed bride whose folk sought refuge here.
His bride-to-be’s from uprooted stock,
little re...
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Processional Tune Wedding Song
Bless Us, Christ and Holy Mary (1)
Έλα Χριστέ και Παναγιά (1)
Eastern Aegean Lesvos, Mandamados Wedding Song
Bless Us, Christ and Holy Mary (2)
Έλα Χριστέ και Παναγιά (2)
Epirus Fable Song (Ballad)
Four, Five, Nine Brothers
Τα τέσσερα, τα πέντε, τα εννιάδερφα
Four brothers five brothers nine,
eighteen cousins, none destined to grow to man’s estate
were by royal command to go and f...
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Table Song Wedding Song
Golden Table, Silver Plates
Για δέστε τράπεζα χρυσή
Cyclades Paros Love Song
In a Fine Orchard
Μέσα σ’ ώριο περιβόλι
In a fine orchard, laurel and myrtle quarrel.
And myrtle, amàn-amàn, myrtle says to laurel…
And myrtle says to laurel, -You...
Sporades Skyros Processional Tune Love Song
January Violet
Βιολέτα του Γιονάρη
January violet, January violet,
my winter violet in bloom.
Who will drift off
and sleep in your shade
trialalalalala, who...
Dodecanese Rhodes Acritic Song
Kostantis and the Crab
Ο Κωσταντής κι ο Κάουρας
Down at the barren field, near the reed beds,
a crab has become a dragon and is devouring the bravest men.
He ate Phokas' b...
Constantinople Fable Song (Ballad)
Little Apple Tree Perched on the Brink
Μηλίτσα που ’σαι στο γκρεμό
Little apple tree perched there on the brink,
perched on the brink weighed down with apples,
how I want your apples but fea...
Asia Minor Love Song
My Curly Basil
Σγουρέ βασιλικέ μου
My curly basil, when did you grow so
and spread your branches, little one,
and steal my wits away?
Oh curly basil, dear li...
Sporades Skiathos Table Song Sad and Plaintive Song
O Black Dawn, Won't You Break
Δεν ξημερώνεις μαύρη αυγή
Won’t you break, black dawn
so I can find peace, my jewel,
so I can find peace?
My eyes are close to dim…
My eyes are clo...
Sporades Skyros Couplets Sea and Sailors Song, Love Song
The Sea Pounds Me
Η θάλασσα με δέρνει
The sea pounds me,
the sea pounds me, the waves lash me.
And a great fish…
And a great fish is feasting on me.
Alas, curl...
Eastern Aegean Samos, Karlovasi Processional Tune | Couplets Wedding Song
Tonight Is the Wedding Feast
Απόψε γάμος γίνεται
Eastern Aegean Ikaria, Fournoi Couplets Love Song
What Did I Do to You, My Sun
Ήλιε μου, ίντα σου ’καμα
What did I do to you, my sun, what did I do?
What did I do and now you’re set on setting?
Tourna, tourna, tourna
there’s a...
Asia Minor Erythraea, Kato Panagia Couplets Wedding Song
Who Was the Matchmaker
Ποιός ήταν ο προξενητής
Sporades Skiathos Love Song
Whoever Saw a Tree of Green
Ποιος είδε πράσινο δεντρί
Whoever saw a tree of green,
with eyes of black and a blond sheen
and royal blue leaves to boot,
eyes black, eyebrows dark...