Phantis - User contributions [en]

Minos Matsas

2008-01-29T20:10:41Z

MINOS:

'''Minos Matsas''' was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
He was born into a Romaniote Jewish family that hailed from [[Ioannina]]. In his early years, Minos Matsas wrote lyrics and music to rebetika songs, often under the pseudonym "Tsamas", reversing the syllables of his name. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To minore tis avgis, o andonis o varkaris, o zorikos, mes ton onta.
Later in life he became an executive of Odeon-Parlophon where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.

Being Jewish, Minos Matsas spent the war and German occupation years hiding in the house of fellow rebetika composer [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]].

In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son", the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. The new company was also successful. Makis Matsas is now the president of Minos-Emi Greece.

Minos Matsas -the grandson of the Rebetiko lyricist- is a film composer actually living in Los Angeles.

[[Category:Rebetiko|Matsas, Minos]]
[[Category:Greek Jews|Matsas, Minos]]

Minos Matsas

2008-01-29T20:09:16Z

MINOS:

'''Minos Matsas''' was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
He was born into a Romaniote Jewish family that hailed from [[Ioannina]]. In his early years, Minos Matsas wrote lyrics and music to rebetika songs, often under the pseudonym "Tsamas", reversing the syllables of his name. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To minore tis avgis, o andonis o varkaris, o zorikos, mes ton onta.
Later in life he became an executive of Odeon-Parlophon where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.

Being Jewish, Minos Matsas spent the war and German occupation years hiding in the house of fellow rebetika composer [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]].

In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son", the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. The new company was also successful.He is now the president of Minos-Emi Greece.

Minos Matsas -the grandson of the Rebetiko lyricist- is a film composer actually living in Los Angeles.

[[Category:Rebetiko|Matsas, Minos]]
[[Category:Greek Jews|Matsas, Minos]]

Minos Matsas

2008-01-29T20:09:05Z

MINOS:

'''Minos Matsas''' was a Greek [[Rebetiko]]lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
He was born into a Romaniote Jewish family that hailed from [[Ioannina]]. In his early years, Minos Matsas wrote lyrics and music to rebetika songs, often under the pseudonym "Tsamas", reversing the syllables of his name. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To minore tis avgis, o andonis o varkaris, o zorikos, mes ton onta.
Later in life he became an executive of Odeon-Parlophon where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.

Being Jewish, Minos Matsas spent the war and German occupation years hiding in the house of fellow rebetika composer [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]].

In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son", the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. The new company was also successful.He is now the president of Minos-Emi Greece.

Minos Matsas -the grandson of the Rebetiko lyricist- is a film composer actually living in Los Angeles.

[[Category:Rebetiko|Matsas, Minos]]
[[Category:Greek Jews|Matsas, Minos]]