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Nikos Karageorgiou
Biographical Note
(1903-1997). Nikolaos Emm. Karageorgiou was born in Makri, Asia Minor, and settled in Xylokeriza (Nea Makri) of Attica following the Asia Minor Catastrophe. He was well versed in the folk tradition and a chanter. He worked systematically on recording the songs of his homeland.
Domna Samiou collaborated with him for the collection of songs from Makri and Levissi, and showcased him with his team on her radio program at the Second Programme of Hellenic Radio, "Apo pantou tis ellinikis gis" ["From every corner of Greek land"] (04.12.1982). The Domna Samiou Archive contains tapes with the songs he collected, which he gave her himself, perhaps in 1983.
Songs
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Distichs | Processional tune Love song
I come and you are asleep
I come and you are asleep amid the white jasmine,
wake up wherever you might live and be, my bushy lemon tree.
My partridge...
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Distichs | Processional tune Love song
I will sing tonight
I will sing tonight with the singers,
my little duckling,
with the singers, save your love for me.
With the lads of Liviss...
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Distichs | Processional tune Love song, Wedding song
Wake up my black eyed one (The grasses of the earth)
Λιβισιανή μαντινάδα
Wake up my black eyed one I’ve come to your neighbourhood,
I have brought you a golden tress to plait your hair.
Your black...
Asia Minor Makri - Levissi Distichs Lampoon
Αν θέλεις για να παντρευτείς
Αν θέλεις για να παντρευτείς
Albums
I tread the earth gently
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Songs of Asia Minor 1
Informant (source of the song)
LP
Songs of Asia Minor 2
Informant (source of the song)
LP
Songs of Asia Minor with Domna Samiou
Informant (source of the song)
Unpublished collection
Songs οf Asia Minor
Informant (source of the song)
CD
Wedding songs
Informant (source of the song)
Unpublished collection