The Poetry in Greek Song

Diamandis Basandis

Basandis D., The Poetry in Greek Song, Nea Diastasi, Yannitsa, 2022.
Language | Greek.

Diamantis Basantis holds a Ph.D. in communication and is a journalist.

In this book, he attempts to answer the question “how did it come to be that, for many years, Greeks sang great poetry written by great poets on such a massive scale”. This second edition includes a foreword by Maria Farantouri, titled “This Is How It All Began…”.

Poetry and music must be present in our lives —sensitivity, aesthetics, lofty meanings, rich language, beautiful melody— in contrast to the mundane reality that is often offensive, verging on the vulgar. Genuine art has always been and will always be the antidote to ugliness.