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Audio Recording Ta nychtopoulia Translated title: [The Birds of the Night] / The Night Owlers

[Ta nychtopoulia]

About this Item

Title

  • Ta nychtopoulia

Other Title

  • Translated title: [The Birds of the Night]
  • The Night Owlers

Names

  • Kennedy, Stetson (Collector)
  • Cook, Robert Harrison (Collector)
  • Morris, Alton Chester (Collector)
  • Morris, Alton Chester (Speaker)
  • Manticos, Mary G. (Performer)
  • Nicholis, Michael (Performer)
  • Theos, Nick (Performer)

Created / Published

  • Tarpon Springs, Florida

Headings

  • -  Greek Americans
  • -  Greek Americans--Music
  • -  Songs
  • -  United States -- Florida -- Pinellas County -- Tarpon Springs

Genre

  • Songs

Notes

  • -  The sound quality of this recording is extremely poor. It has been included online because the melody line can still be identified.
  • -  Tarpon Springs was settled by Greek sponge fishers in 1905.
  • -  Performer referred to elsewhere as Mary Gianèskis, Mary Graneskis, or Mary Granèskis
  • -  Performance Note: "Ta nychtopoulia" (vocals) performed by Mary Gianèskis, Michael Nicholis, and Nick Theos at Tarpon Springs, Florida, on August 25, 1939.

Medium

  • Sound disc : analog ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1939/026: AFS 03542 A02

Source Collection

  • Alton C. Morris Florida WPA recordings (AFC 1939/026)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Please cite the source collection title, collection number, and repository, for example:

  • Resettlement Administration Recordings Collection (AFC 1939/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Stetson Kennedy and Robert Cook Florida WPA Recordings (AFC 1939/013), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Alton C. Morris Florida WPA recordings (AFC 1939/026), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • Florida WPA Recordings, 1940 (AFC 1940/011), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center correspondence files, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Kennedy, Stetson, Robert Harrison Cook, Alton Chester Morris, Alton Chester Morris, Mary G Manticos, Michael Nicholis, and Nick Theos. Ta Nychtopoulia. Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1939. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/flwpa000267/.

APA citation style:

Kennedy, S., Cook, R. H., Morris, A. C., Morris, A. C., Manticos, M. G., Nicholis, M. & Theos, N. (1939) Ta Nychtopoulia. Tarpon Springs, Florida. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/flwpa000267/.

MLA citation style:

Kennedy, Stetson, et al. Ta Nychtopoulia. Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1939. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/flwpa000267/>.