Music of Macedonia (Greece)

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It forms part of the broader musical tradition of mainland and of the southern

Epirus and Thessaly and the Eastern musical tradition of Thrace and Constantinople
.

Macedonian music is known for its tradition of patriotic folk songs, including

trumpets, tympana and koudounia. Other instruments used include clarinet, violin and Macedonian lyra
.

Folk dances from Macedonia include the

Sirtos Macedonias, Zeibekiko and Kapitan Louka
.

Macedonia and especially its capital,

Natassa Theodoridou, Antonis Remos, Nikos Papazoglou, Giannis Aggelakas, as well as bands such as Onirama, Xylina Spathia, Trypes and Nightrage
.

History

Further information:
Music in ancient Greece and Byzantine music

Excavations in Macedonia have discovered musical instruments similar to the

Neolithic Era and throughout classical antiquity. The Ancient Macedonians enjoyed similar music to the rest of the Ancient Greeks and Alexander the Great and his successors built odea
for musical performances in every city they built, from Alexandria in Egypt to cities as distant as Ai-Khanoum in what is now modern-day Afghanistan.

Macedonian songs are in particular influenced by the

Macedonian bagpipe are directly descended from medieval Greek equivalents. Many local dances such as Syrtos
have also been danced to similar music for hundreds of years.

Modern Macedonian music is an admixture of the music of pre-20th century

Asia Minor disaster
.

Regional variation

without accompanying instruments to celebrate Easter. These songs date back to the Middle Ages and were passed down over the centuries among the then largely illiterate rural population. A similar tradition is found in the historically Greek-speaking villages of the western and southern parts of Kozani. The cities of Kozani and Kastoria
follow a separate tradition of urban songs, which survive until this day.

A rich brass tradition also evolved in

Aegean islands, the dominant instruments there being the violin and the laouto
.

Nearer the border with North Macedonia and particularly in Florina, songs such as Leventikos and associated dances are shared between Greek and Slavic speakers, with the same songs often having lyrics in both languages.

Folk Songs

Folk dances

brass instruments
(chálkina) is notable in the music of the region

Folk dances in the Macedonian region of Greece include:

See also

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