GREECE/MUSICAL ATLAS
Unesco Collection
EMI Odeon, 1974, 3 C 064-17966
This record presents some aspects of the music played in Greece from Epirus, Macedonia, the Peloponnese, Thrace, Asia Minor, Pontus and Crete. Different artists were recorded with the help of Mrs Dora Stratou and M. Simon Karas.Under such a patronage we can be sure that the music here is good.
However, I'm not sure about the accuracy of the information given. I don't know who wrote the notes (maybe Alain Daniélou who was the General Editor) but when I read that the song from Pontos might be related to some archaic celtic culture I wonder where this kind of explanation comes from. True, some Celtic people, the Galates, settled in parts of Anatolia before our era and according to some scholars their celtic language would have lasted until the 6th century AD. But we know nothing about their music and interaction with Greek colonies in Anatolia. Ancient Greek music is one of my favourite topics and I haven't read anything about Galatian music. Surely I haven't read everything on the subject either; so if you have some ideas or links to provide ...
''Musical Atlas'' is a wonderful collection nevertheless.
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