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Kostantis

Ο Κωνσταντής
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- Region: Thrace
- Type: Table Song | Instrumental
- Rhythm: 4 beats
- Duration: 01:54
Collaborators
- Flute: Aristides Vassilaris
- Kanun: Nikos Stefanidis
- Lute: Stavros Adrianos
- Goblet drum: Mathios Balabanis
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Based on 4/4 meter, this piece belongs to a type of music called "kathistiki" or "for the table" because instead of being danced it is performed at festivals, banquets or gatherings with everyone (performers and audience) usually seated around a table. Markos Ph. Dragoumis (1974)
See also the song Costantis the Only Son
Recording information
Studio recording, 1974.
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