Rebetiko
Rebetiko (, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used to designate previously disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and developed into a more distinctive musical genre. Rebetiko can be described briefly as the urban popular song of the Greeks, especially the poorest, from the late 19th century to the 1950s, and served as the basis for further developments in popular Greek music. The music, which was partly forgotten, was rediscovered during the so-called rebetika revival, which sta
Key facts
- Music genre.image_size
- 260
- Music genre.name
- Rebetiko rock
- Music genre.image
- Rembetes Karaiskaki 1933.jpg
- Music genre.caption
- Rebetes in the Karaiskaki Square, Piraeus (1933)
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 1970s and 2010s, Greece
- Music genre.fusiongenres
- Rebetiko rock
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Rebetiko
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Greece
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 01291
- Intangible heritage.Region
- ENA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2017
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 12th
Article
29 sectionsContents
- Definition and etymology
- Musical bases
- Melody and harmony
- Scales
- Rhythms
- Taxim
- Instruments
- The bouzouki
- Other instruments
- Lyrics
- Culture
- History
- Origins
- Smyrna style (Smyrneïko)
- 1922–1932
- 1930s
- Postwar period
- The revival
- Modern times
- In the United States
- Rebetiko rock
- Performers of rebetiko on 78 rpm recordings
- Selected recordings
- Discography
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Rebetiko (, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used to designate previously disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and developed into a more distinctive musical genre. Rebetiko can be described briefly as the urban popular song of the Greeks, especially the poorest, from the late 19th century to the 1950s, and served as the basis for further developments in popular Greek music. The music, which was partly forgotten, was rediscovered during the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early 1970s.
In 2017 rebetiko was added in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.