The White Rose of Athens – Nana Mouskouri (1962)

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Additional information about this, Nana Mouskouri vinyl art.

Nana Mouskouri- The Artist

Ioanna “Nana” Mouskouri ((born 1934) is a Greek singer. Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least twelve languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe for the song “The White Rose of Athens”, recorded first in German as an adaptation of her Greek song. It became her first record to sell over one million copies. Later in 1963, she represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “À force de prier”. Her friendship with the composer Michel Legrand led to the recording by Mouskouri of the theme song of the Oscar-nominated film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. From 1968 to 1976, she hosted her own TV show produced by BBC, Presenting Nana Mouskouri. Her popularity as a multilingual television personality and distinctive image, owing to the then unusual signature black-rimmed glasses, turned Mouskouri into an international star.

The White Rose of Athens – The Song

‘The White Rose of Athens‘ is a song by Greek singer Nana Mouskouri it was written by Manos Hadjidakis and Norman newell with additional English lyrics by Archie Bleyer.

The Parthenon Temple – The Shape

This record has been modelled into the silhouette of  the Greek Parthenon. The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patroness. Construction started in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, democracy and Western civilisation, and one of the world’s greatest cultural monuments.

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