This article is about the Greek music genre. For the film of the same name, see Rembetiko (film).
Rebetiko
Rebetes in the Karaiskaki Square, Piraeus (1933)
Native name
Ρεμπέτικο
Other names
Rembetico
rebetico
Stylistic origins
Greek folk music
Byzantine music
Turkish makams
Arabic maqams
Cultural origins
Late 19th century Greece and Asia Minor
Derivative forms
Smyrna style rebetiko
laïko
Fusion genres
Rebetiko rock
Rebetiko
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Country
Greece
Domains
Performing arts
Reference
01291
Region
Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription
2017 (12th session)
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Genres
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Rock
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Specific forms
Contemporary
Entehno
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Media and performance
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Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem
"Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
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Macedonia
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Crete
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Rebetiko (Greek: ρεμπέτικο, pronounced[re(m)ˈbetiko]), plural rebetika (ρεμπέτικα[re(m)ˈbetika]), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally 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 briefly can be described 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 rediscoved during the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early 1970s onwards.[1]
In 2017 rebetiko was added in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[2]
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1950s, rebetiko had declined; it only survived in the form of archontorebetiko (αρχοντορεμπέτικο "posh rebetiko"), a refined style of rebetiko that was...
refugees from Anatolia, and quickly became the central instrument to the rebetiko genre and its music branches. It is now an important element of modern...
by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Albanian,...
music were the basic forms of Greek music, such as traditional, folk, rebetiko, laïka, which influenced him as an artist. In addition, he has performed...
Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 February 1972), was a rebetiko musician. He is universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos...
Souravli, Tambouras, Tambourine, Trigono, Tsampouna, Tympano, Zilia) Rebetiko Rock (Punk) Religion and lore Ancient religion (Origins, Modern Revival)...
Manges are also notable for being closely associated to the history of rebetiko. The three most probable etymologies of the word Mangas are the following:...
revues, operettas and nocturnes that were dominating Athens' theater scene. Rebetiko, initially a music associated with the lower classes, later (and especially...
tambouras, although larger and possessing four strings. It is used in the rebetiko genre, a synthesis of the disparate remnants of urban Byzantine culture...
singer and composer of the rebetiko genre. He was born and died in Agia Sofia, Piraeus. He was known as the last pre-war rebetiko singer. He composed such...
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Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
most often found supporting the bouzouki in the Piraeus city style of rebetiko. The body is often hollowed out from a piece of wood (skaftos, construction)...
traditional folk rhythms, for the particularly cover of the Greek laiko and rebetiko music. Greek musical instruments Greek folk music Greek music Goblet drum...
fled to Athens. They settled in poor neighbourhoods and brought with them Rebetiko music, making it also popular in Greece, and which later became the base...
Souravli, Tambouras, Tambourine, Trigono, Tsampouna, Tympano, Zilia) Rebetiko Rock (Punk) Religion and lore Ancient religion (Origins, Modern Revival)...
include: Evangelia Atamian, (1922 – 23 February 1957), an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer, known as Marika Ninou Evangelia Aravani, Greek fashion model and...
Bulgarian Chalga Starogradska muzika Croatian Starogradska muzika Greek Laïko Rebetiko Tsifteteli Italian Kosovan Tallava Montenegrin Macedonian Čalgija Starogradska...
Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
Slovenian Turkish Folk-pop Chalga Laïko Manele Tallava Turbo-folk Nisiotika Rebetiko Romani music Sevdalinka Starogradska muzika Tsifteteli Other Balkan brass...
bayıldı. Falireas brothers stem from a family with a long connection with rebetiko: their father owned both a record label specialising in the genre and a...
Ιακωβίδης; 2 January 1955 – 5 August 2020) was a Greek folk singer of rebetiko style. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Koza...
Souravli, Tambouras, Tambourine, Trigono, Tsampouna, Tympano, Zilia) Rebetiko Rock (Punk) Religion and lore Ancient religion (Origins, Modern Revival)...
(August 22, 1921 – August 27, 1997) was a Greek singer and performer of the rebetiko style of music. She was one of the most famous rebetisa of all, mentioned...
soft clicking sounds. Worry beads can be a musical instrument, related to rebetiko. Sound is emitted using a drinking glass and rubbing the lip against the...
of Asfaleia was to secure public order. The regime also repressed the rebetiko music due to the uncompromising lyrics and favoured the traditional Greek...
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