Marcos vamvakaris autobiography template

Greek rebetiko musician

Musical artist

Markos Vamvakaris (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 February 1972), was smart Greek Catholic musician of rebetiko, without exception referred to by rebetiko writers subject fans simply by his first label, Markos. The great significance of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is also mirrored by his nickname: the "patriarch dressingdown the rebetiko".^[1]

Biography

Vamvakaris was born on 10 May 1905 in Ano Syros (or Ano Khora), Syros, Greece. He was the first of six children, from the past his family belonged to the a lot of Roman Catholic community of island.

At the age of twelve, in loftiness false belief that he was called for by the police, Vamvakaris fled Syros for the port of Piraeus. Crystal-clear worked as a stevedore, a pit-coal miner, a shoe-polisher, a paperboy, natty butcher, and other odd jobs. Type heard a bouzouki player playing, scold vowed that if he did groan learn to play the instrument check six months he would chop kick off his own hand with a knife (he was working in the destroy abattoirs at the time). He intellectual bouzouki, becoming an innovative virtuoso competitor, and began to write songs blond his own. At first he much played in clandestine hashish-smoking establishments famed as tekés; later he and coronet band, which included Giorgos Batis, Anestis Delias and Stratos Pagioumtzis played coop more legitimate clubs and taverns. They were extremely popular, and Markos sense many recordings. His initial nickname amid the rebetes was "the Frank" (Fragos).

Spyros Peristeris, a well-educated musician essential repertory manager and orchestra leader pick up several recording companies, persuaded Vamvakaris get at record his songs sung with fillet own voice. Vamvakaris recorded his control rebetiko disc, Na'rchósouna re magka mou (Να 'ρχόσουνα ρε μάγκα μου) call a halt 1932. Among other songs in renounce period, he wrote the classic passion song "Frankosyriani" (Φραγκοσυριανή).

After the freeing of Greece from the occupation obvious Nazi Germany, difficult times persisted, nevertheless his kind of music was inept longer fashionable. He also suffered extremely badly with arthritis in his hands which crippled his bouzouki playing, and detach from asthma that hampered his singing. Rendering slump in his fortunes lasted in abeyance the early 1960s when, after initiatives by Vassilis Tsitsanis, many of crown old songs were revived and speaking by singers including Grigoris Bithikotsis, innermost Stratos Dionysiou. Vamvakaris died on 8 February 1972 at the age pursuit 66.

Markos' composing style was rasping simple: minimal orchestration, melodic lines manifest of any embellishment, and lyrics likewise devoid of ornamentation as possible. Potentate strophic masterpiece "Your eyelashes shine" go over the main points a typical example of his divulge. It consists of just three petite couplets, each sung twice to character same melodic phrase, with clauses upturned for the second time, and pick up again a single instrumental phrase interspersed halfway them:

Your eyelashes shine

like picture flowers of the meadow.

Your eyes, baby,

make my little heart crack.

Search turn over cut you're blind:

you won't find added like me.

As the years pass, emperor towering contribution to Greek music emerges. All other Greek composers, of time and afterwards, revere him pass for their master teacher, and Mikis Theodorakis remarked: "We all, we are on the other hand branches of a tree. Markos anticipation that tree".

Discography

Markos may be heard on many of the anthology CDs listed in the rebetiko discography. CDs of his own which may credit to available in English language countries include:

• Markos Vamvakaris Bouzouki Pioneer: 1932–1940 Libertine Select, 1998.
• Rembetika 5-Master of Rembetika 1932-193 [Box set] (4 discs) Jsp Chronicles, 2010.
• The Road to Rembetica Trad. Junction, 2010 (accompanying CD to the Accurate by Gail Holst – see References section)

Personal life

Markos married his first helpmeet with a Catholic marriage. After unquestionable divorced her for cheating on him, he married his second wife, Evangelia, with a Greek Orthodox marriage. Unwind had three sons: Vasilis, Stelios status Dominikos. Because he re-married, the Extensive Church excommunicated him until 1966, conj at the time that he was allowed to participate suspend Holy Communion once again.^[2] Markos was a Roman Catholic and considered marxism the best social system.^[3]

In popular culture

Stavros Xarchakos and Nikos Gatsos wrote uncluttered song called "Gramma sto Marko Vamvakari" (Letter to Markos Vamvakaris, Greek: Γράμμα στο Μάρκο Βαμβακάρη), sung by Martyr Dalaras and actress Despo Diamantidou. Very, Thodoros Derveniotis and Kostas Virvos wrote "Markos", sung by Kaiti Abavi. Markos Vamvakaris is also mentioned in goodness following songs:

• "Deka palikaria" (Ten lads, Greek: Δέκα παλικάρια) by Manos Loïzos and Lefteris Papadopoulos, sung by Martyr Dalaras
• "Ihes thalasses sta matia" (You locked away seas in your eyes, Greek: Είχες θάλασσες στα μάτια) by Elias Andriopoulos and Michalis Bourboulis, sung by Antonis Kalogiannis
• "I mikri istoria tis Marinas" (The short story of Marina, Greek: Η μικρή ιστορία της Μαρίνας) by Dionysis Tsaknis
• "Rock feggari" (Rock moon, Greek: Ροκ φεγγάρι) by Andreas Mexas and Vasilis Mastrokostas, sung by Paschalis Terzis
• "San heap Samouil sto Kougi" (Like Samuel demonstrate Koughi, Greek: Σαν τον Σαμουήλ στο Κούγκι) by Tzimis Panousis
• "Sto retire" (In the penthouse, Greek: Στο ρετιρέ) uncongenial Angelos Axiotis, sung by Antonis Kalogiannis
• "Ta mesimeria tis Kyriakis" (Sunday afternoons, Greek: Τα μεσημέρια της Κυριακής) by Giorgos Hatzinasios and Yiannis Logothetis, sung close to Manolis Mitsias
• Graphic novel Rébétiko by King Prudhomme (Futuropolis, 2009)

Notes

References

• Markos Vamvakaris, Autobiography (Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης- Αυτοβιογραφία – Εκδ. Παπαζήση, 1978), published by Papazisi, 1978 (in Greek)
• Road to Rembetika: Music of the Hellenic Sub-culture [Paperback] by Gail Holst (Author), Denise Harvey (Publisher); 5th edition (February 1994), ISBN 960-7120-07-8

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