Music crétoise

The traditional music crétoise of l´île of Crete (called κρητικά in modern Greek) is dominated by the Lyra (Fiddle with three cords similar to a Kemenche) accompanied by the laouto , Luth crétois mixture d´ Oud and of Mandoline. The players of will lyra most known are Thanassis Skordalos and Kostas Moundakis.

History

The first hard copies of documentation on the music crétoise date from the ancient Greece. During centuries, the local music was influenced by the styles and techniques of l´Est. For example, the quadrant crétoise practically similar to that is used with Istambul and two theories s´affrontent when at their origin:
  1. the quadrant would have been imported by the Arab coming d´ Spain which conquered Crete of 823 with 961
  2. the quadrant would have unloaded of Crete with Sitia since Istambul, during the 12th century.

After the Crusade S, the domination of l´île by the Frank , the Véniciens and the Gênois causes l´apparition of new instruments and styles musical. At the end of the 14th century, the Mantinada (short sung poem of 15 syllables) becomes very popular, followed, at the end of the 17th century, by l´arrivée of the Violon.

After the fall of Constantinople, many religious musicians take refuge in Peak. Pierre Bellon, French physicist, note in 1547 of the war dances of Peak. An English traveller, when to him pays to have assisted, in 1599, with violent dances carried out late in the night.

The oldest folksongs of all Greece still nowadays preserved go back to the 17th century when Moine S record Riyitika in the monasteries of the Mont Athos. To keep a hard copy of the secular songs practically was then certainly prohibited by the monastic code of conduct. However, the relations between music and religion persist nowadays still where the priests are known to be of very good singers (such as for example Aggelos Psilakis). C´est at this period which Francisco Leontaritis works, regarded as the father of the modern Greek music.

After the conquest of l´île by l´ Ottoman Empire in 1669, the Peak passes by one black period of poverty and tyranny. This n´est qu´aux neighborhood of 1810 that Georgios Crètois gives to the last style the musical traditions of l´époque Byzantine. The majority of the songs and the current musics crétoises draw their roots in the Turkish influences.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the violin becomes principal l´instrument folk music crétoise. An hybrid of violin and quadrant, called will viololyra is developed in 1920 then, twenty years later, the modern quadrant is created by the combination d´une lyraki and d´un violin by Manolis Stagakis.

Modern music

The first stars of the popular music crétoise fûrent Andreas Rodinos, Yiannis Bernidakis (Baxevanis), Stelios Koutsourelis, Stelios Foustalieris, Efstratios Kalogeridis, K. Papadakis, Kostas Mountakis and Thanassis Skordalos. Later, in the Années 1960, of the musicians such as Nikos Xylouris and Yiannis Markopoulos mix the folk music crétoise with modern technologies what is worth virulent criticisms of the conservatives to them. However, their music remains very popular, like l´est that d´autres musicians such as Charalambos Garganourakis and Vasilis Skoulas.

The folk music crétoise remains always present in the daily life of the island of Crete, but also in step badly of Aegean islands. In spite of the years and a quasi original conservation, it is always practiced and appreciated by the Greeks.

See too

Internal bonds

  • Greek Music
  • Kamancheh

External bonds

  • History of the music crétoise
  • http://www.cretan-music.gr
Radios
  • http://www.grecian.net/radio/index1.htm (radio operator Web playing of the music crétoise, flow 128kbit/s)

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