| Summary: | This article examines the debates on Greek popular music published in the left-wing press from 1946 to 1961. At the time of the internal conflict and during the period that followed, left-wing intellectuals concentrate on the expressions of the people in order to find resistance and heroism, establish the persistence of struggles, but also demonstrate the continuity of repression. On several occasions, popular music becomes a central issue and divides the expressed opinions. Through the analyses of press archives, this article revisits these debates where, beyond the question “which is the popular music?”, the internal divisions of the left movement appear, ruptures and continuities in Greek music history are built, identifications and assignations are made, but also the outlines of the category “people” are designed.
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