Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. At Grandfather Artem’s Grave
Chapter 2. How I Remember Batumi
Chapter 3. The History of the Erkomaishvilis
Chapter 4. First Gramophone Records
Chapter 5. Artem Erkomaishvili at the Chant School
Chapter 6. Philimon Qoridze
Chapter 7. Artem Erkomaishvili’s Biography (His Own Handwriting)
Chapter 8. The First Group Festival in Kutaisi
Chapter 9. Artem Erkomaishvili’s Group in Leningrad
Chapter 10. Tbilisi Festival (1937)
Chapter 11. Artem Erkomaishvili’s Group on Festivals (1934-1941)
Chapter 12. How I Remember Gigo Erkomaishvili
Chapter 13. Recording of Chants in Ozurgeti (1949)
Chapter 14. How I Was Baptized
Chapter 15. VI Republican Festival
Chapter 16. Artem, the Head of Ozurgeti Choir
Chapter 17. Brothers Artem, Ladiko, and Anania Erkomaishvili
Chapter 18. Gigo Erkomaishvili’s Family
Chapter 19. Grigol Berdzenishvili
Chapter 20. Chanters Artem Erkomaishvili, Varlam Simonishvili and Dimitri Patarava
Chapter 21. Artem Erkomaishvili’s Family Tragedy
Chapter 22. Anzor Erkomaishvili in Tbilisi
Chapter 23. Giorgi Nakashidze
Chapter 24. Artem Erkomaishvili in Makvaneti
Chapter 25. Table Rules in Guria
Chapter 26. Ceremonial and Ritual Songs in Guria
Chapter 27. Nadi and Naduri (Work) Songs
Chapter 28. Artem Agriculturist
Chapter 29. Artem Erkomaishvili a Virtuosic Performer on the Chonguri
Chapter 30. Artem’s Relatives
Chapter 31. The Last Period of my Grandfather’s Life
Chapter 32. Artem Erkomaishvili’s Decease
Chapter 33. The Main Moments from Artem Erkomaishvili’s Creative Life
Chapter 34. At the Tomb of Artem Erkomaishvili
Index
The book will do a great job for the folklorists, and the lovers of the Georgian folk music will enjoy it very much.