Εργασία etwinning: Music in Syros


Music has always been one of the favourite pastimes of the people in Syros. Music is cultivated in many ways here:  through musical bands, clubs and well-educated music teachers. One can still admire the well-known band of Hermoupolis who started their performances in 1894. This band has been present in all important events of the town (parades, religious processions etc.) What is remarkable is that in the years of prosperity (19th century and part of the 20th century) the band had its own permanent place on the marble platform of the central square where the musicians played to amuse the aristocracy who were going up and down the square numerous times enjoying their evening “promenade” all dressed in formal clothes and fine hats.
    On the other hand, in Ano Syrtos and the countryside of Syros, the music sounds were more traditional. It was a local sound which survived through centuries and was accompanied by traditional musical instruments like “tsambouna” (wind instrument) and “toumbi” (percussional instruments). This kind of music can still be heard in local festivals, the celebration of “pig butchering” and the carnival of Ano Syros.
    What is worth mentioning is that in Ano Syros, a form of local local music called “Rembetiko” was born and developed. The so called “Rembetes” were people from the poor, lower parts of the society at the beginning of the 20th century who expressed themselves against the hard times of their lives producing a kind of rebel, reactive local music.
    Since 1922 this kind of music (which has been widely rejected previously) has been combined with the local tradition of Syros as well as Byzantine and eastern sounds and with the help of the wind instrument called “bouzouki”, it became a kind of music of national acceptance.



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