The Art of Couplet Singing

Collection title

CyBC Collection

ID

CBC00067

Source

CYBC (CY)

First broadcast date

01/20/2006

Production year

2006

Abstract

Michalis Hadjimichael, a researcher in Cypriot folk music, presents the art of composing folk couplets – tsiattista, with two masters of the art demonstrating how it’s done.

Type

video

Production companies

• CyBC - Own production

Broadcaster

CYBC - TV - CYBC1

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Music and songs

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life
• Society and way of life / Education, teaching

Credits / Cast

• Hadjimichael Michalis - Participant
• Papapetrou Paskalis - Director

Period of events

• 1950

Map locations

• Cyprus - West

Original language

Grec

Media running time

10m10