Rebetiko - Revision history

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Notes

Irlandos: /* Famous performers */

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Famous performers

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Famous performers

Irlandos: /* Varieties */

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Varieties

Irlandos: /* Famous performers */

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Famous performers

Irlandos: /* Notes */

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Irlandos: /* The classical period */

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The classical period

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Prehistory

Lazarus: /* Famous performers */

2006-06-14T18:47:30Z

Famous performers

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← Older revision		Revision as of 14:32, March 9, 2011
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 *[[Manolis Chiotis]]
 *[[Manolis Chrisafakis]]
 *[[Anna Chrisafi]]
 *[[Loukas Daralas]]
 *[[Roza Eskenazi]]

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 *[[Bebis Stergiou]]
 *[[Iovan Tsaous]]
-*[[Prodromos Tsaoutsakis]]
+*[[Prodromos Tsaousakis]]
 *[[Vassilis Tsitsanis]]
 *[[Markos Vamvakaris]]

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 === Varieties ===
-All the rebetika songs are for dancing. Almost half of them are [[zeibekika]] and the others are [[hasapika]]. Zeibekiko is a personal dance. Only one man can dance it. If another gets up, that is a cause of conflict and a fight with knives. Women were not allowed to dance zeibekiko, (except of prostitutes). The dancer of zeibekiko dances looking to the ground. His face is hard, humorless, almost sinister. Hasapika were danced by two or three rebetes. Women could dance too. These two dances came to Greece from [[Turkey]].
+All the rebetika songs are for dancing. Almost half of them are [[zeibekika]] and the others are [[hasapika]]. Zeibekiko is a personal dance. Only one man can dance it. If another gets up, that is a cause of conflict and a fight with knives. Women were not allowed to dance zeibekiko, (except of prostitutes). The dancer of zeibekiko dances looking to the ground. His face is hard, humorless, almost sinister. Hasapika were danced by two or three rebetes. Women could dance too. These two dances came to Greece from Turkey.
 == Famous performers ==

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 == Famous performers ==
-Some of the main rebetiko singers and creators include Panagiotis Tountas, Vaggelis Papazoglou, Yiannis Eitziridis (Iovan Tsaous) and Manolis Khrisafakis.  The next generation included Markos Vamvakaris, Kostas Skarvelis, Giannis Papaioannou and Vassilis Tsitsanis.
+Some of the main rebetiko singers and creators include [[Panagiotis Tountas]], [[Vangelis Papazoglou]], Yiannis Eitziridis ([[Iovan Tsaous]]) and [[Manolis Chrisafakis]].  The next generation included [[Markos Vamvakaris]], [[Kostas Skarvelis]], [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]] and [[Vasilis Tsitsanis]].
 *[[Rita Abatzi]]
 *[[Giorgos Batis]]
 *[[Sotiria Bellou]]
 *[[Manolis Chiotis]]
 *[[Loukas Daralas]]
 *[[Roza Eskenazi]]
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 *[[Babis Goles]]
 *[[Dimitris Gogos]] (Baianderas)
 *[[Agathonas Iakovides]]
-*[[Apostolos Khatzikhristos]]
+*[[Apostolos Hadjichristos]]
 *[[Marika Ninou]]
 *[[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]]

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 From the admixture of the music of Asia Minor with elements from Greece proper, the rebetic style came into being.  In this period, the themes of the rebetika revolved mainly around love songs and songs with references to  illicit activities (such as narcotics).  The influences of the music of [[Smyrna]] were profound, given their unrivalled pathos, and at certain times it is difficult to distinguish the rebetic song from the Smyrnian.
 === The classical period ===
-Gradually the rebetic variety acquired its own peculiar character.  In [[1932]], the first recordings of rebetika arrived, made by [[Markos Vamvakaris]].  In  [[1936]] began the dictatorship of [[Ioannis Metaxas]] and with it, the onset of [[censorship]].
+Gradually the rebetic variety acquired its own peculiar character.  In [[1932]], the first recordings of rebetika arrived, made by [[Markos Vamvakaris]].  In  [[1936]] began the dictatorship of [[Ioannis Metaxas]] and with it, the onset of censorship.
-Consequently the album was sanitized and the references to narcotics, opium, etc. vanished from the recordings.  Yet the recording of illicit themes continued, for in that period a great number of Greeks emigrated to the [[United States of America|United States]],  and with the emigrants went their rebetika.  Many noteworthy songs were recorded, while a synthesis of Greek and foreign music produced many new musical varieties.
+Consequently the album was sanitized and the references to narcotics, opium, etc. vanished from the recordings.  Yet the recording of illicit themes continued, for in that period a great number of Greeks emigrated to the [[Greek Americans|United States]],  and with the emigrants went their rebetika.  Many noteworthy songs were recorded, while a synthesis of Greek and foreign music produced many new musical varieties.
 == Instruments ==

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 The roots of rebetic song may be found in the music of the coastal settlements of [[Asia Minor]], that of [[Constantinople]], and also in the prisons; the existence of which is attested from the middle of the nineteenth century.
-At the end of the 19th century the [[Kafe Aman]] arrived in Greece and Asia Minor.  These were [[coffeehouse|coffeehouses]] in which the habitués amused themselves with lively music.  These rooms constituted one of the cradles of rebetic song &mdash; along with the [[prison]], the [[tavern]], and the [[opium]] den.
+At the end of the 19th century the [[Kafe Aman]] arrived in Greece and Asia Minor.  These were [[coffeehouse|coffeehouses]] in which the habitués amused themselves with lively music.  These rooms constituted one of the cradles of rebetic song &mdash; along with the prison, the tavern, and the opium den.
 === The mastery period & its Smyrnian roots ===

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−	[[Image:Rebetes-2.jpg\|frame\|left]]Rebetika reached the height of its popularity between the two world wars. It was standard musical fare in clubs and bars and featured largely in the discography of 78 rpm records that were produced in Greece and the US at that time.	+	[[Image:Rebetes-2.jpg\|frame\|left\|[[Dimitris Semsis]], [[Agapios Tomboulis]], and [[Roza Eskenazi]] in [[1930]]]]Rebetika reached the height of its popularity between the two world wars. It was standard musical fare in clubs and bars and featured largely in the discography of 78 rpm records that were produced in Greece and the US at that time.

	The support enjoyed by rebetika at the popular level was not matched among the arbiters of morality and cultural values. The music was heavily censored in the 1930s. But the censorship did not kill rebetika; far from it. Immediately after the [[World War II\|Second World War]] it witnessed a major boom in [[Greece]], which lasted through to the mid-[[1950s]]. A boom explained in part, perhaps, by the sufferings and social upheavals caused by the Civil War and in part by the economic pressures that contributed to the growth of urban centres such as Athens and Thessaloniki.		The support enjoyed by rebetika at the popular level was not matched among the arbiters of morality and cultural values. The music was heavily censored in the 1930s. But the censorship did not kill rebetika; far from it. Immediately after the [[World War II\|Second World War]] it witnessed a major boom in [[Greece]], which lasted through to the mid-[[1950s]]. A boom explained in part, perhaps, by the sufferings and social upheavals caused by the Civil War and in part by the economic pressures that contributed to the growth of urban centres such as Athens and Thessaloniki.