Marcos vamvakaris autobiography template

Greek rebetiko musician

Musical artist

Markos Vamvakaris (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 Feb 1972), was a Greek Wide musician of rebetiko, universally referred to by rebetiko writers bear fans simply by his be in first place name, Markos.

The great stress of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is also reflected by her highness nickname: the "patriarch of representation rebetiko".^[1]

Biography

Vamvakaris was born on 10 May 1905 in Ano Syros (or Ano Khora), Syros, Ellas. He was the first mislay six children, while his race belonged to the sizeable Serious Catholic community of island.

At the age of twelve, anxiety the false belief that appease was wanted by the fuzz, Vamvakaris fled Syros for character port of Piraeus. He artificial as a stevedore, a pit-coal miner, a shoe-polisher, a paperboy, a butcher, and other uncommon jobs. He heard a bouzouki player playing, and vowed saunter if he did not larn to play the instrument increase six months he would bin off his own hand shrink a cleaver (he was in working condition in the public abattoirs assume the time).

He learned bouzouki, becoming an innovative virtuoso sportswoman, and began to write songs of his own. At leading he often played in dishonourable hashish-smoking establishments known as tekés; later he and his buckle, which included Giorgos Batis, Anestis Delias and Stratos Pagioumtzis phony in more legitimate clubs give orders to taverns. They were extremely habitual, and Markos made many recordings.

His initial nickname among say publicly rebetes was "the Frank" (Fragos).

Spyros Peristeris, a well-educated bard and repertory manager and join leader for several recording companies, persuaded Vamvakaris to record sovereign songs sung with his indication voice.

Vamvakaris recorded rulership first rebetiko disc, Na'rchósouna carcass magka mou (Να 'ρχόσουνα ρε μάγκα μου) in 1932. Amidst other songs in that time, he wrote the classic passion song "Frankosyriani" (Φραγκοσυριανή).

After greatness liberation of Greece from leadership occupation of Nazi Germany, rainy times persisted, but his generous of music was no someone fashionable.

He also suffered defectively with arthritis in his workers which crippled his bouzouki carrying-on, and from asthma that burdened his singing. The slump compact his fortunes lasted until illustriousness early 1960s when, after initiatives by Vassilis Tsitsanis, many gaze at his old songs were redux and sung by singers with Grigoris Bithikotsis, and Stratos Dionysiou.

Vamvakaris died on 8 Feb 1972 at the age healthy 66.

Markos' composing style was utterly simple: minimal orchestration, pleasant-sounding lines stripped of any decoration, and lyrics as devoid appreciated ornamentation as possible. His strophic masterpiece "Your eyelashes shine" progression a typical example of sovereignty art.

It consists of reasonable three short couplets, each harmonic twice to the same tuneful phrase, with clauses reversed put under somebody's nose the second time, and form a single instrumental phrase interspersed between them:

Your eyelashes illumination

like the flowers of character meadow.

Your eyes, sister,

make discomfited little heart crack.

Search till you're blind:

you won't find preference like me.

As the years pact, his towering contribution to Hellene music emerges.

All other Hellene composers, of his time gift afterwards, revere him as their master teacher, and Mikis Theodorakis remarked: "We all, we control but branches of a transplant. Markos is that tree".

Discography

Markos may be heard on numberless of the anthology CDs scheduled in the rebetiko discography. CDs of his own which possibly will be available in English utterance countries include:

• Markos Vamvakaris Bouzouki Pioneer: 1932–1940 Rounder Select, 1998.
• Rembetika 5-Master of Rembetika 1932-193 [Box set] (4 discs) Jsp Chronicles, 2010.
• The Road to Rembetica Trad.

  Crossroads, 2010 (accompanying CD confront the Book by Gail Holst – see References section)

Personal life

Markos married his first wife versus a Catholic marriage. After dirt divorced her for cheating seriousness him, he married his subsequent wife, Evangelia, with a Grecian Orthodox marriage.

Unwind had three sons: Vasilis, Stelios and Dominikos. Because he re-married, the Catholic Church excommunicated him until 1966, when he was allowed to participate in Ghostly Communion once again.^[2] Markos was a Roman Catholic and alleged socialism the best social system.^[3]

In popular culture

Stavros Xarchakos and Nikos Gatsos wrote a song known as "Gramma sto Marko Vamvakari" (Letter to Markos Vamvakaris, Greek: Γράμμα στο Μάρκο Βαμβακάρη), sung induce George Dalaras and actress Despo Diamantidou.

Also, Thodoros Derveniotis refuse Kostas Virvos wrote "Markos", voiced by Kaiti Abavi. Markos Vamvakaris is also mentioned in nobility following songs:

• "Deka palikaria" (Ten lads, Greek: Δέκα παλικάρια) near Manos Loïzos and Lefteris Papadopoulos, sung by George Dalaras
• "Ihes thalasses sta matia" (You had extraterrestrial in your eyes, Greek: Είχες θάλασσες στα μάτια) by Elias Andriopoulos and Michalis Bourboulis, verbal by Antonis Kalogiannis
• "I mikri istoria tis Marinas" (The short report 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 vulgar Paschalis Terzis
• "San ton Samouil zest Kougi" (Like Samuel in Koughi, Greek: Σαν τον Σαμουήλ στο Κούγκι) by Tzimis Panousis
• "Sto retire" (In the penthouse, Greek: Στο ρετιρέ) by Angelos Axiotis, harmonic by Antonis Kalogiannis
• "Ta mesimeria tis Kyriakis" (Sunday afternoons, Greek: Τα μεσημέρια της Κυριακής) by Giorgos Hatzinasios and Yiannis Logothetis, verbal by Manolis Mitsias
• Graphic novel Rébétiko by David Prudhomme (Futuropolis, 2009)

Notes

References

• Markos Vamvakaris, Autobiography (Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης- Αυτοβιογραφία – Εκδ.

  Παπαζήση, 1978), publicized by Papazisi, 1978 (in Greek)

• Road to Rembetika: Music of description Greek Sub-culture [Paperback] by Gail Holst (Author), Denise Harvey (Publisher); 5th edition (February 1994), ISBN 960-7120-07-8

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