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rebetika, n.
Brit. |rɪˈbɛtɪkə|, |rɛˈbɛtɪkə|, U.S. |rəˈbɛdəkə|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: α. 19– rembetica, 19– rembetico, 19– rembetika, 19– rembétika, 19– rembetiko, 19– rembétiko; β. 19– rebetica, 19– rebetico, 19– rebetika, 19– rebétika, 19– rebetiko, 19– rebétiko
[‹ modern Greek ρεµπέτικα, plural of ρεµπέτικο oriental-style song of urban low life, use as noun of neuter singular of ρεµπέτικος of vagabonds or rebels, probably > n. + -ικος -ic suffix.
On the further etymology, compare note at rebetis n. The forms with -mb- arise from the influence of an idiosyncratic transliteration of the modern Greek (in which the sequence -µπ- normally represents b), originally in G. Holst Road to Rembetika (1975).]
A style of Greek popular song, characterized by lyrics depicting urban and underworld themes, a passionate vocal style, and an ensemble accompaniment played esp. on stringed instruments such as the violin, bouzouki, etc.; (with pl. concord) the songs themselves. Also (in form rebetiko): a song in this style. Freq. attrib.
First recorded commercially in Turkey before the First World War (1914–18), rebetika is assumed to have long existed (under various other generic names) as an oral tradition in Mediterranean seaports and prisons. Following the Greco–Turkish war of 1919–22, the genre became associated with the numerous Anatolian refugees settling in Athens. Extensively recorded and performed in the 1920s and 1930s, notably by immigrants from Asia Minor, Piraeus bouzouki players, and Greek-Americans, rebetika also became known in English as ‘Greek Blues’ or ‘Piraeus Blues’.
1928Numerical Catal. Foreign Columbia Records (N.Y.) 56092F-12... Tournene, Rembetiko... L. Cavadias, Horodia. 1930M. Innes Rep. on Visit to Greece (Archives of EMI Records), In 1927 Mr. Kissopoulos was reproached with having recorded Manedes and Rebetika, which are the most popular and best selling categories of Greek music. 1950X. Fielding Stronghold 138 Rebetiko music is a strictly urban entertainment.., essentially the music of the non-conformist, the favourite music of the spiritual anarchist. 1966D. Stratou Greek Folk Dances 40 Early rebetika..were slow in tempo, very expressive and the texts spoke of profound personal miseries. 1972G. Giannaris Mikis Theodorakis 129 The popularization of the rebetika inevitably led to a bastardized, ‘nightclub’ product. 1989Q June 101/2 Anapse To Tsigaro is classic Rembetika, 1920s Greek drug-blues, and stands head and shoulders above the rest of the other covers with its message of light up and sod the world. 1994‘L. de Bernières’ Captain Corelli's Mandolin lxii. 250, I need another player to put a Greek melody over the top, perhaps a rebetiko of some sort. 2001Songlines Spring–Summer 35/2 The sophisticated musicianship, exceptional (even jaunty) melodies, and heartfelt delivery of classic rembétika have guaranteed this music a new life overseas, among audiences first seduced by revival groups and re-issued recordings of the late 1970s and early 1980s. |