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Marika Papagika ((ギリシア語:Μαρίκα Παπαγκίκα), née Katsoris; September 1, 1890 – August 2, 1943) was a popular Greek singer in the early 20th century and one of the first Greek women singers to be heard on sound recordings. ==Biography== Marika Papagika was born on the island of Kos on September 1, 1890. In late 1913 or early 1914, she recorded for the Gramophone Company in Alexandria, Egypt. Only one of those recordings has so far been found. She emigrated to America through Ellis Island in 1915 with her husband, Kostas (Gus) Papagika, a cymbalom player who was also her accompanist.〔 In July 1918, she made her first trial recording in the States for Victor Records, though her first published Victor recordings were made in December of that year. In July, 1919 she also began recording for Columbia Records. Marika Papagika was thus among the first to record Greek music in the USA.〔Vernon, Paul. ''Seeking Marika''〕 She also recorded a number of songs in Turkish. By 1925, Marika and Kostas had opened a nightclub on in New York on W. 34th St near 8th Ave, called Marika's, likely the first café-aman—a gathering place characterized by Greek cuisine and Greek music—to appear in the States. Marika's wasn't just a café-aman, but a speakeasy for Greek people as well as for other Mediterranean immigrants.〔Nagoski, Ian. ''The Further The Flame, The Worse It Burns Me: Greek Folk Music in New York City, 1919-28''〕 Marika's attracted not only Greeks as regular patrons, but also Albanians, Arabs, Armenians, Bulgarians and Turks. Between 1918 and 1929, she recorded at least 232 performances〔 of café-aman styled songs, including kleftiko demotikο (Greek traditional songs about Klephts, heroic brigands), rebetiko, and light classical pieces, many of them overlapping with her chief rival in Greek music sales in the United States, Koula Antonopoulos (known on her recordings as ''Kyria Koula'' or "Madame Coula").〔Frangos, Steve. ''Marika Papagika and the Transformation of Modern Greek Music''〕 Marika's café-aman was a successful business until the stock market crashed. The club closed in 1930, and Marika Papagika's recording career ended, except for four sides recorded for Victor in 1937.〔〔Soffa, David. ''Notes to CD Marika Papagika - Greek Popular and Rebetic Music in New York 1918-1929 - Alma Criolla ACCD802 (1994)''〕 In her later years Marika lived with her husband on Staten Island, New York, where she died on August 2, 1943.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marika Papagika」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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