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| Avdella, 1906 - Αβδέλλα, 1906 |
What Romanian sources testify about the musical style of Vlachs (Aromanians)
Tache Papahagi (linguist, ethnologist, folklorist, song collector in Romania), in the course of his research in his book, entitled ‘Poezia Lirica populara’ (lyric folk poetry), Bucharest, 1967, admits (inter alia) that: "when you hear the melodies of Aromanian/Vlach songs, you will lead to the conclusion that Aromanian/Vlach folk poetry has Greek origin".
G. Markou from Romania in his work, entitled ‘Folklore Muzical Aroman’ (Aromanian/Vlachic Musical Folklore), Bucharest, 1977, points out (inter alia) that: ‘Aromanians/Vlachs dance in rhythms, the names of which have Greek origin (sirtos, singastos, karapatakis, tsiamikos)’.
Paunescu, a Romanian folklorist, investigating Aromanians/Vlachs of Interwar, who settled in the annexed, disputed (by Bulgarians) Dobruja of South Romania, was suddenly surprised when, asking their wives to sing vlachic songs, he heard a crystal clear Greek song.
Translated in English by Yannis Tsiamitros, English teacher.
Source: here
Τι μαρτυρούν οι ρουμανικές πηγές για το μουσικό ύφος των βλαχόφωνων:
Ο Tache Papahagi (γλωσσολόγος, εθνολόγος, λαογράφος, συλλέκτης τραγουδιών στην Ρουμανία) στην πορεία της έρευνάς του στο βιβλίο ‘Poezia Lirica populara’ (λυρική λαϊκή ποίηση), Βουκουρέστι 1967, παραδέχεται μεταξύ άλλων ότι: «όταν ακούσει κανείς τις μελωδίες των αρμάνικων-βλάχικων τραγουδιών θα οδηγηθεί στο συμπέρασμα ότι η αρμάνικη δημώδης ποίηση έχει προέλευση και καταγωγή ελληνική».
