Rebetiko
Rebetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, pronounced [re(m)ˈbetiko]), plural rebetika (ρεμπέτικα [re(m)ˈbetika]), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and developed into a more distinctive musical genre. Rebetiko briefly can be described as the urban popular song of the Greeks, especially the poorest, from the late 19th century to the 1950s, and served as the basis for further developments in popular Greek music. The music, which was partly forgotten, was rediscoved during the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early 1970s onwards.[1]
This article is about the Greek music genre. For the film of the same name, see Rembetiko (film).Rebetiko
- Rembetico
- rebetico
Late 19th century Greece and Asia Minor
Performing arts
2017 (12th session)
Representative
In 2017 rebetiko was added in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[2]
Smyrna style rebetiko
- Rebetiko
- Turkish makams
early 20th century, Asia Minor
- Rock
- rebetiko
- Greek folk
- hard rock
1970s and 2010s, Greece
Much rebetiko is issued in Greece on CDs which quickly go out of print. Since the 1990s a considerable number of high quality CD productions of historical rebetiko[DM 1] have been released by various European and American labels. The following select discography includes some of these historical anthologies, which are likely to be available in English speaking countries, plus a few Greek issues. All are CDs unless otherwise noted. The emphasis on English-language releases in this discography is motivated both by their consistently high sound quality and by their inclusion, in many cases, of copious information in English, which tends to be lacking in Greek issues. See however link section below for one Greek source of historic CDs with website and notes in English.