FOLK SONGS
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MESARITISSA
Folk song
1955
Orchestra: 2 1 1 0 – 2 0 0 0 – Percussion, Harp, Strings
Publication:
Full score: Unpublished.
Voice and piano: Unpublished.
Mesaritissa comes from the collection of Theodoulos Kallinikos, Cypriot Folk Muse, Lefkosia, Cyprus, 1951.
* For the voice & piano version look in the category of works Folk Songs for Voice and Piano.
Mesaritissa (lit. woman from Mesaria). There are several locations on the Greek islands with the name Mesaria. The song belongs to a group of folksongs from Cyprus, thus locating the Mesaritissa on this island. The Mesaritissa from Cyprus is sung in different ways depending on the exact location on the island (e.g. in Tylliria, near Morfou, a syllable is repeated after each verse, so that there are several ways in which to sing this particular song).
[Note by Maria Voelker-Kamarinea]
Mesaritissa, 1955 autograph manuscript, title page & last page of the score. [© MKS]
