MANOS MOUNTAKIS - THE CHRONICLE OF THE COURSE OF KOSTAS MOUNTAKIS
Course and spirit of life intertwined with the place of birth, its idiosyncratic principles, the feeling, the perception, the love, the history, the freedom, the struggles, the heroes, the values and in general with the character of the brave Cretan soul and conscience. Costas Mountakis, an authentic and genuine exponent, with his gift from God, assimilated the elements of our folk tradition and determined with his timeless creative composition the peculiarity of Cretan music. It documented, shaped, developed, expanded, added and highlighted musical streets with sound colors, which ultimately constitute the quintessence and identity of our great Cretan music tradition. He created with the stamp of his personal sense, with the verse-mantinada and with his skill in the lyre, with completely personal elaborate and characteristic melodic improvisations. In practice, he created an entire school, what we call and stand out uniquely as: "Mountaki style". This edition with texts, photographs, documents, testimonies and narrations from the discussions of years with the son of Manos Mountakis, custodian and authentic exponent of his multifaceted work, comes to reveal ideas, thoughts, views, visions, reflections and intentions of the leading creator. Speech, poetry, mantinades, sound colors, influences, communication, musical compositions, reflections, notes, discussions are now coming to light. These data promote the scientific research and study of a project that is an ark of national self-knowledge. George Sgourakis
