Rebetiko

Rebetiko

music genre

Subclass of	Greek folk music
Year dem found am	1850
Country of origin	Greece
Intangible cultural heritage status	Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01291, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/01291, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/01291

Dimitrios Semsis (lyra), Agapios Tomboulis (banjo) den Roza Eskenazi, de Smyrna Trio (Athens, 1932)

Rebetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, dem dey pronounce am [re(m)ˈbetiko]), ein plural be rebetika (ρεμπέτικα [re(m)ˈbetika]), dem sana dey bell am rembetiko anaa rebetico, be sam term wey dem use today so say ego designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music wey for 1930s insyd ego through sam musical syncretism process wey develop go sam more distinctive musical genre. Dem briefly dey describe Rebetiko as urban popular song give de Greeks, especially de poorest, from de late 19th century go de 1950s, wey eserve as de basis for further developments for popular Greek music insyd. Dem rediscover de music, wey dem partly forget, for de so-called rebetika revival tym insyd, wey start for 1960s insyd wey edevelop further from de early 1970s onwards.

For 2017 insyd, wey dem add rebetiko for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists insyd.

Definition den etymology

De word rebetiko (plural be rebetika) be sam adjectival form wey dem derive from de Greek word rebetis (Greek: ρεμπέτης, dem dey pronounce am [re(m)ˈbetis]). Today de word rebetis dey mean say sam person wey dey embody aspects of character, dress, behavior, morals den ethics wey dey associate plus sam particular subculture.^{[citation needed]} De etymology of de word rebetis dey remain de subject of dispute den uncertainty; sam early scholar of rebetiko, Elias Petropoulos, den de modern Greek lexicographer Giorgos Babiniotis, both dey offer various suggested derivations, but edey leave de question open. De earliest source of de word to date be say dem go find for Greek-Latin dictionary insyd wey dey publish for Leiden, Holland for 1614 insyd wer de word ῥεμπιτός be as sam 'wanderer', 'blind', 'misguided', etc.

Musical bases

Although nowadays dem dey treat am as single genre, rebetiko musically dey speak sam synthesis of elements of European music, de music of de various areas of de Greek mainland den de Greek islands, Greek Orthodox ecclesiastical chant, wey dem often dey refer am as Byzantine music, den de modal traditions of Ottoman art music den café music.