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'''Christos Mantikas''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] athlete in the [[110m hurdles]], the [[400m hurdles]] and the [[400m]].
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[[Image:Kazantzidis_Marinella_1963.jpg|thumb|250px|Minos Matsas (left) with [[Stelios Kazantzidis]] and [[Marinella]] in [[1963]]]]
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'''Minos Matsas''' ([[1903]] - [[1970]]) was a Greek [[Rebetiko]] lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.
  
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Mantikas was born in [[1902]] in [[Chios]]. He was an athlete of Panchiakos and later [[AEK]].
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He was born in [[Preveza]], [[Epirus]], [[Greece]] in [[1903]], 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, with relatively minor succsess. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To Minore tis Avgis (Το Μινόρε της Αυγής), O Andonis o Varkaris (Ο Αντώνης ο Βαρκάρης, O Zorikos (Ο Ζόρικος). His success came later in life as an executive of [[Odeon-Parlophon]] where he had much success discovering and signing up new talent.  
  
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Mantikas held the Greek record for the [[400m]], which he broke 4 times, the last time achieved on [[September 27]], [[1936]] in [[Athens]]: 50.1.
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Being Jewish, Minos Matsas spent the war and German occupation years hiding in the house of fellow rebetika composer [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Yiannis Papaioannou]].
  
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He held the Greek record for the [[400m hurdles]], which he broke 7 times, the last time achieved on [[August 4]], [[1936]] in the Berlin Olympiad: 53.5.
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In [[1960]], he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son" (Μίνως Μάτσας και Υιός), the "son" being [[Makis Matsas]] who followed in his father's footsteps. Makis Matsas is currently the president of Minos-Emi Greece.
  
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He held the Greek record for the [[110m hurdles]], which he broke 6 times, the last time achieved on [[June 12]], [[1937]] in Bucharest: 14.8.  
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Matsas died on [[September 25]], [[1970]].
  
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Among his accomplishments was a bronze medal in the European Championships of [[1932]].
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[[Minos Matsas (composer)|Minos Matsas]] -the grandson of the [[Rebetiko]] lyricist- is a film composer living in Los Angeles.
  
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Mantikas died on [[June 6]] of [[1960]].
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Latest revision as of 17:25, February 28, 2012

Minos Matsas (left) with Stelios Kazantzidis and Marinella in 1963

Minos Matsas (1903 - 1970) was a Greek Rebetiko lyricist, composer and recording industry executive.

He was born in Preveza, Epirus, Greece in 1903, 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, with relatively minor succsess. Some of his most well known lyrics are : To Minore tis Avgis (Το Μινόρε της Αυγής), O Andonis o Varkaris (Ο Αντώνης ο Βαρκάρης, O Zorikos (Ο Ζόρικος). His success came later in life as 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.

In 1960, he founded his own recording company "Minos Matsas and Son" (Μίνως Μάτσας και Υιός), the "son" being Makis Matsas who followed in his father's footsteps. Makis Matsas is currently the president of Minos-Emi Greece.

Matsas died on September 25, 1970.

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

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