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Κώστας Μουντάκης

Kostas Mountakis (Greek: Κώστας Μουντάκης, a.k.a. Μουντόκωστας) (10 February 1926, in Alfa in Mylopotamos, Crete – 31 January 1991) was a Greek musician who popularized the traditional music of the island of Crete, primarily with the lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra. His parents came from the village Kallikratis in Sfakia, Cr…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Greece
Born
February 10th, 1926
Died
January 31st, 1991
Labels
Minos-EMI
Last updated: January 26th, 2013·MusicBrainz

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