Odes is the title of an album of Greek Folk Songs by Vangelis and Irene Papas. All of the songs are traditional, except two which are original compositions by Vangelis.
Les 40 Braves (Gr: Σαράντα Πάλικαρα; En: The 40 Young Men)
Neranzoula (Le Petit Oranger) (Gr: Νερατζούλα; En: The Little Orange Tree)
La Danse du Feu (Original Composition)
Les Kolokotronei (Gr: Οι Κολοκοτρωναίοι; En: The Kolokotronis Family)
Neranzoula is a description of a small orange tree, which is analogous for the state of Greece during Ottoman occupation.
Les Kolokotronei were one of the most important Greek families in the Greek Resistance and Independence movements.
Lamento is sung by the mother who has lost her son, a fisherman. The song describes her pain at her loss.
Menousis describes the events of a character in folk tale (who was probably a real individual), who in his drunkeness kills his wife because of her supposed infidelity.
Links
Lyrics in English (http://www.engelen.demon.nl/odes.htm)
Lyrics in Greek (http://www.engelen.demon.nl/odesgr.htm)
Odes is also a book of the Bible found in the Septuagint manuscript, but not in Catholic or Protestant Bibles. Based on it its inclusion in the Septuagint, it is included in Eastern Orthodox Bibles. It includes the Prayer of Manasseh.
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The modern form of the ode dates from the Renaissance (14th to 17th centuries); like the Latin ode it is pure poetry, not intended for musical accompaniment.
The earliest English odes include the “Epithalamion” and the “Prothalamion,” or marriage hymns, by the 16th-century poet Edmund Spenser.
The popularity of the ode form waned during Victorian times (1837-1901), but interest in it was revived in the 20th century with works such as “Ode to the Confederate Dead” by the American writer Allen Tate and a variety of odelyrics by the English poet W.
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