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Amalia Papastefanou
Biographical Note
A singer of songs of the Dodecanese and Asia Minor. Amalia Christodoulaki was born in Rhodes to parents who had come from Asia Minor as refugees.
She started singing in the 1950s, at first for the state-own Rhodes Radio Station and later in Athens, for the National Radio Foundation (EIR), at the folk music section, where Domna Samiou worked.
In the 1960s, she recorded songs of the Dodecanese in 45 rpm discs with the Fidelity label, under the supervision of Domna Samiou.
She married the Greek-American Panagiotis Papastefanou, and in 1967, moved to the USA. There, she continued to sing at Greek venues and events.
Songs
Dodecanese Kalymnos Work song, Sea and sailors chanty
Exile is the greatest hardship
True, exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting,
but oh, that greeting ‘Welcome home’, oh that, Marouli, is b...
Dodecanese Kalymnos Distichs Work song, Sea and sailors chanty
Marouli (Exile is the greatest hardship)
True, exile is the greatest hardship, the parting so upsetting,
but oh, that greeting 'Welcome home', oh that, Marouli, is b...
Dodecanese Kastelorizo Wedding song
Sousta from Kastelorizo
Καστελοριζιανή σούστα - Μάνα χαρά μεγάλη
Dodecanese Distichs Foreign lands' song
Tzivaeri
Alas, my precious,
my fragrant flower now brings joy to a foreign land,
gently, gently and quietly.
Alack, 'twas I sent h...
Albums
Mousiko Odiporiko 1959-1969
Singer
CD
Recordings in 45 RPM
Singer
45 RPM
Songs of Dame Sea
Informant (source of the song)
CD