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Yiorgos Demerdjis
Biographical Note
(1928-2013). Gaida-player from Asproneri in Didymoteicho. He played the gaida and sang in weddings and feasts.
Domna Samiou met him in 1976 during shooting of the TV program Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou - Thrace, Evros (ΕΡΤ - 1977), where he played local tunes.
Multimedia
Videos
At the Casement of the House
Yiorgos Demerdjis sings and plays the gaida (bagpipe), locals of Karoti village dance. "Musical Travelogue with Domna Samiou - Thrace, Evros", Greek National Television (ERT), 1976
Songs
Eastern Thrace & Roumelia Love Song
At the Casement of the House
At the casement of the house, where the priest’s wife lives,
at the casement of her home two black eyebrows sit.
They gaze ...
Albums
Songs of Dame Sea
Informant (source of the song)
CD