CLASS 10: An Introduction to Rebetika

1. Makos Vamvakaris: Frankosyriani [Frankosyrian Girl]

2. Rita Abadtzi: Hariklaki

3. Anestis Delias: O Ponos tou Prezakias [The Pain of the Junkie]

4. Vassilis Tsitsanis: Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki [Cloudy Sunday]

CLASS 9: The Irony of Mainstream Resistance

1.) Dimitris Mitropanos "H Katsarola" [The Pot]

2.) Glykeria and Makedonas: "H Koursara" [The Limousine]

3.) Nivo "Kalhmera Ellada" [Good Morning Greece]

CLASS 8: Parody and the Greek Crisis & The Indignant

1. The Demotic Songs of the Crisis "Armenaki" D.Kontogiannis

2. Greek Debt Song: Merle Hazard

3. Radio Arvila "One Year IMF"

4. Mikis Theodorakis speaks to the Indignant in Syntagma Square (15:45 - 16:45)

5. Dimitris Mitropanos "H Katsarola" (New song written for the Indignant)

CLASS 7: Greece: A Divided Music Culture

1. Manolis Kalomiris: Greek Folk Dance (Ballos)

2. Nikos Skalkottas: Tsamikos Dance

3. Mikis Theodorakis: Epitaphios

CLASS 6: National Music

1) AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM (Christina Aguilera Super Bowl 2011)

2) AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM (Jimi Hendrix Woodstock 1969)

3) AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM (In Spanish)

4) GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM (Without lyrics)

5) PARTIMENTI FOR STRING QUARTET N. H. MANTZAROS

10/ 25 CLASS 5: What is Music?

1) MUEZZIN: "CALL TO PRAYER"

2) GHANA POSTAL WORKERS- WORK SONG

3) JOHN CAGE: "SONATA FIVE"

4) DIAMANDA GALLAS: "SKOTOSE ME" (Live with Jon Stewart)

5) JOHN CAGE: 4'33"

While listening to these examples begin to question your preconceptions about what is and is not music. How can we define music?

CLASS 4: Ah Ellada: A Nation in Crisis 10/13

1. NIKOS PAPAZOGLOU: "AH ELLADA" [Ah Greece]

2. B.D. FOXMOOR: "DEN THUMAMAI POU XRWSTAW" [I Can't Remember Where I Owe]

3. ANGELA DIMITRIOU: "AH PATRIDA MOY" [Ah, My Homeland]

4. ANTYPAS: "YPARHOUN DUO ELLADES" [There are two "Greeces"]

Many songs have been written about the difficult times in Greece. In what ways do these songs engage with the situation in Greece? Is the musical content appropriately matched with the lyrical content? Consider the musical characteristics: Could any of these songs

function as a unifying protest song for the Greek people?

Class 3 The European Union and the Fate of the Nation 10/11

Balancing Greek and European Identities Through Music

1. HELENA PAPARIZOU: "MY NUMBER ONE" (Official Music Video)

2. HELENA PAPARIZOU: "MY NUMBER ONE" (Eurovision Performance)

3. KALOMIRA: "SECRET COMBINATION" (Eurovision Performance)

The songs "My Number One" and "Secret Combination" have represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest. In what ways do these songs a) represent Greece; b) represent Greece as a European nation; c) appeal to Greek audiences; d) appeal to international European audiences? Is it significant that their lyrics are in the English language?

Class 2: An Introduction to Greek Music 10/6

1. EPIRUS, GREECE: The Art of Polyphonic Singing from Music Village Summer Concert Series, 2007

2. IONIAN ISLANDS: S'ENA PAPORO MESA

3. AEGEAN ISLANDS: IKARIOTIKO from the Island of Ikaria

4. CRETE: MANTINADES from the Island of Crete

5. BYZANTINE CHANT: O TRISAGIOS YMNOS from Mt. Athos, Crete

6. GREEK NATIONAL ANTHEM: HYMNOS THS ELEFTHERIAS [Hymn to Freedom]

Music by Nikolaos Mantzaros, Text by Dionysos Solomos

-Does the Greek national anthem resemble any of the musical selections listed above? Why or why not? In what ways does this speak to issues of musical nationalism in Greece?