Rebetes
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A rebetis is a musician involved in the scene of the Greek musical genre of rebetiko
, which flourished between 1920 and 1955.
Prominent rebetes include:
Note: Sometimes (not without controversy) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as Babis Goles and Agathonas Iakovidis.
Rebetiko
Rebetiko, plural rebetika, , occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music which have come to be grouped together since the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early...
, which flourished between 1920 and 1955.
Prominent rebetes include:
- Rita AbatziRita AbatziRita Abatzi was a Greek rebetiko musician who began her career in the first part of the 1930s.She was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, now İzmir, Turkey. A versatile singer of rebetiko, Smyrneika and other music, she was a popular performer on gramophone records in the 1930s...
- Babis TsertosBabis TsertosHaralambos Tsertos was born in Tropea of Arcadia, Greece on October 27, 1956. He is brother of the singer Nadia Karagianni. His father was a musician too, and he was playing the Mandolin...
- Yiorgos BatisYiorgos BatisYiorgos Batis was one of the first rebetes influential to rebetiko music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis...
- Sotiria BellouSotiria BellouSotiria Bellou was a famous Greek singer and performer of the Greek rebetiko style of music. She was one of the most famous rebetisas of all, mentioned in many music guides, and a contributor to the 1984 British Documentary entitled Music of the Outsiders...
- Anestis Delias
- Roza EskenaziRoza EskenaziRoza Eskenazi was a famous Jewish-Greek singer of rebetiko and Greek folk music born in Constantinople , whose recording and stage career extended from the late 1920s into the 1970s....
- Mihalis Genitsaris
- Dimitris Gogos (Bayianderas)
- Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous)Iovan TsaousIovan Tsaous , , was a Greek musician and composer of rebetiko songs from Pontus. His real name was Yiannis Eitziridis or Etseiridis .-Biography:...
- Apostolos Hatzichristos
- Manolis Hiotis
- Manolis Chrysafakis
- Anna Chrysafi
- Apostolos NikolaidisApostolos Nikolaidis (singer)Apostolos Nikolaidis was a Greek singer whose career spanned four decades. He was born in Drama, Greece and grew up in Thessaloniki...
- Marika NinouMarika NinouMarika Ninou , was an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer, born Evangelia Atamian .-Biography:...
- Giannis PapaioannouGiannis PapaioannouGiannis Papaioannou was a famous Greek musician and composer born in Kios, Turkey . In English his name is sometimes romanized as Yannis, Ioannis or Yiannis. Most active in the 1940s, he wrote many songs, some of which are today considered classics of the rebetiko folk music style...
- Vangelis Papazoglou
- Stratos Pagioumtzis
- Stelios PerpiniadisStelios PerpiniadisStelios Perpiniadis , better known as Stellakis , was a Greek folk musician who wrote, sang, and played guitar in the rebetiko style. He was the father of another well-known Greek folk musician, Vangelis Perpiniadis....
(Stellakis) - Kostas RoukounasKostas RoukounasKonstantinos Roukounas was a Greek singer. His repertoire included both "traditional" and "popular" songs . Most notable is his contribution to the subgenre of rebetiko...
- Kostas SkarvelisKostas SkarvelisKostas Skarvelis was a Greek composer of popular music, οf the genre of rembetiko in particular. He also wrote the lyrics for his songs and was an excellent guitar player, having participated in many recordings.-Life:...
- Prodromos Tsaousakis
- Vassilis TsitsanisVassilis TsitsanisVassilis Tsitsanis was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetika. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary bouzouki...
- Markos VamvakarisMarkos VamvakarisMarkos Vamvakaris , was a rebetiko musician. He is universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos...
(Markos) - Kostas Kaplanis
- Andonis Kalyvopoulos
- A. Kostis
- Antonis Dalgas
- Giorgos Theologitis (Katsaros)
- Stelios Keromitis
- Giorgos Mouflouzelis
- Giorgos Kavouaras
- Odysseas Moshonas
Note: Sometimes (not without controversy) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as Babis Goles and Agathonas Iakovidis.
Sources
- Damianakos StathisDamianakos StathisStathis Damianakos is considered one of the most prominent researchers in the fields of agriculture, ethnological and cultural sociology in Greece. Among his most known works are the "Sociology of Rebetiko" and "Paradosi antarsias kai laikos politismos" . Damianakos was a Marxist sociologist and...
, Κοινωνιολογία του Ρεμπέτικου 2nd Edition. Athens, Plethron, 2001. - Gauntlett Stathis, Rebetika, Carmina Graeciae Recentoris. Athens, D. Harvey and Co., 1985.
- Hadjidakis ManosManos HadjidakisManos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of the Greek music. He was also one of the main prime movers of the "Éntekhno" song ....
, Ερμηνεία και θέση του ρεμπέτικου τραγουδιού. 1949. - Holst-Warhaft Gail, Road to Rembetika: Music of a Greek sub-culture, songs of love, sorrow and hashish, Athens, Denise Harvey, 1989
- Kotarides Nikos, Ρεμπέτες και ρεμπέτικο τραγούδι. Athens, Plethron, 1996.
- Kounades Panagiotis, Εις ανάμνησιν στιγμών ελκυστικών. Athens, Katarti, 2000.
- Petropoulos EliasElias PetropoulosElias Petropoulos , who was born in Greece but spent much of his life in France, holds a unique place in the intellectual life of Europe...
, Ρεμπέτικα τραγούδια. Athens, 1968.