Music of the Ionian Islands

Music of Greece
General topics

* Ancient music
* Byzantine music
* Opera
* Greek musical system
* Greek musical instruments
* Greek dances
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Genres

* Church music (Byzantine)
* Classical music
* Ionian school
* National school
* Greek folk
* Laïko
* Rock
* Hip hop
* Punk
* Neo kyma

Specific forms

* Contemporary
* Éntekhno
* Nisiotika
* Rebetiko
* Skiladiko

Media and performance
|  Music awards

* Arion Awards
* MAD Video Music Awards

Music charts

* Greek Albums Chart
* Foreign Albums Chart
* Singles Chart

Music festivals

* Athens Festival
* Epidaurus Festival
* Olympus Festival
* Thessaloniki Song Festival

Music media

* MAD TV (MAD World)
* MTV Greece

Nationalistic and patriotic songs
|  National anthem

"Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
|  Related areas

* Macedonia
* Peloponnese
* Thessaly

Other regions

* Aegean Islands
* Crete
* Cyprus,
* Epirus (polyphonic song)
* Ionian Islands
* Thrace

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The music of the Ionian Islands is the music of the geographic and historical region of the Ionian Islands. Folk music of the Ionian Islands is largely based on the western European style. It is dominant the use of guitars and mandolins, while the kantadhes (romantic serenades from the Ionian Islands) are very popular. The island of Zakynthos has a diverse musical history with influences from Crete.

The Church music of the islands is also different from the rest of Greece's, with much western and Catholic influences on the Byzantine Rite. The region is also notable for the birth of the first school of modern Greek classical music (Heptanese or Ionian School, Greek: Επτανησιακή Σχολή), established in 1815. Some notable composers of the classical Ionian School are Nikolaos Mantzaros, Dionysios Lavrangas and Nikos Hatziapostolou.[1]

Folk dances of the islands include:

* Ai Georgis
* Ballos
* Cerigotikos
* Diavaritikos
* Fourlana
* Kerkiraikos
* Syrtos

Mandolin, dominant instrument of Heptanesian music

## Notable artists

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Composers:

* Fotis Aleporos
* Dionysios Apostolatos
* Dimitris Lagios
* Dionysios Lavrangas
* Spyros Markatos
* Nikos Hatziapostolou

Singers:

* Spyros and Makis Karaviotis

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## See also

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* Music of Greece
* Greek dances
* Greek folk music
* Ionian School (music)

## References

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1. ^ Music, Garland Encyclopedia of World (2013). The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Routledge. p. 615\. ISBN 9781136095627. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

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