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Definition of rebetika in English: rebetika(also rembetika) noun rɪˈbɛtɪkə mass nounA type of Greek popular song accompanied by instruments such as violins and bouzoukis. Example sentencesExamples - I would compare tango to American blues and Greek rembetika - what happened with those styles, and I think to tango also, was that as they became more respectable, they also experienced a certain creative paralysis.
- He translated a wide range of Greek programs, including Greek tragedies, modern Greek poetry and the lyrics of rebetika songs.
- He took as the basis of his style the urban popular music known as rebetika, which at the time was not very highly regarded.
- Music and dance are major forms of group and self-expression, and genres vary from Byzantine chants to the music of the urban working class known as rebetika.
OriginModern Greek rempetika (plural), used as noun of rempetikos 'of vagrants or rebels', probably from rempetēs 'vagrant'. |