Markos Melkon - To Dervisaki ( A Song From Smyrna - Izmir )

Here's my new video after a long time..This song was composed by Evangelos Papazoglou and recorded by Smyrniote - Izmirian musician Kostas Karipis in 1930s.The first version in the video sung in 1950's by Smyrna - Izmir born Armenian singer,composer,and great lutanist Markos Melkon Alemsherian (1895-1963), was very well known in its period..The second version was recorded by an Istanbul Greek,Stelyo Berber, for the album of Muammer Ketencoğlu (the greatest acordeon player) named ''Smyrna Recollections''.Stelyo was born in Istanbul in 1974. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Athens University. From his secondary school years, he studied Byzantine music with Leonidas Asteris, the chief Cantor of the Greek Patriarchate in Fener. During his years in Athens, he set up contacts with Rebetika specialists in particular, and personally participated in studies with them.In addition,he studied with folk music specialist Domna Samiou.He's a member of ''Muammer Ketencoğlu and His Zeybek Ensemble''.In the 2nd version Baki Kemancı is on violin..

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• smyrna
• izmir
• smyrni
• turkey
• armenian
• greek
• turk
• ottoman
• greece
• 1923
• 1922
• türkiye
• istanbul
• thessaloniki
• selanik
• peace
• common
• song
• friendship
• ud
• oud
• rembetiko
• rebetika
• smyrneiko
• yunanistan
• cafe
• aman

[82224561]

Geia sas,sas esteila to giasemi me orxistra egxordon kati pou den sinithizetai;

kai kali enorxistrosin

[mparmparos]

@82224561 Dustuxws den phra tipota apo sas!

[mparmparos]

what i like about this song is that An Armenian originated singer singing a song in Greek with some lyrics in Turkish and in the cosmopolitan city of Izmir where Turks,Greeks,Armenians used to live together for centuries!

[CO48]

Kommentarlos , efkaristo ***** Ah yandim amaaan!

[mparmparos]

euxaristw gia to comment kai to subscribe

[Minatosmiley]

Bizi kim ayırdı ya ? Biz Rumlar Ağlayarak ayrılmışız oradan... Tanrım... sen Türkleri koru ... onlar dünyanın en iyi en cömert insanları ... (( Türkçem iyidir umarım :) ))

[82224561]

@mparmparos

Exei provlima to youtube..?To eksanasteila tora..

[LaSultanadelaFontana]

I love this song, and perhaps it was composed by Marko Melkon, but the singer in this selection is the contemporary (2011) lead singer of the Greek-Turkish group, "Cafe Aman," from Istanbul, Turkiye!

[Artiesimms]

Yiassou Niko my dad often talked

About you at the club zara

[NicosPourpourakis]

You bring memories back. I worked with Melkon in the 1950s in Boston.

[athanatiEllada]

Nice old Greek song of Asia Minor

[killgreed]

GOVT'S ARE CORRUPT EVERYWHERE! OVERGROW! REVOLT WORLDWIDE!

[xpulp]

Damn with nationalist politicians. We all are brothers and sisters. Greeks, Turks and Armenians...