Difference between revisions of "Yiannis Papaioannou"

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-Born in Kios, Asia Minor (Turk. "Gemlik"), in 1914, Yiannis Papaioannou came to Greece as a 9-year old refugee boy.
+*Yiannis Papaioannou
-He is considered by many as the first song writer to have taken bouzouki music out the the "tekke" (drug den) and into the respectability it still enjoys today.
+*[[Yiannis Papaioannou (Composer)]]
-The multi-talented Papaioannou's music varies from old-style rebetika ("Pente Ellines ston Adi", "O boufetzis"), to oriental ("Cifteteli", "Karabiberim") and even island music ("Kapetan Andrea Zeppo").
-Although primarily a song writer, Papaioannou was also an accomplished bouzouki player whose "Taksim" remains a unique instrumental masterpiece to this day.
-He died in a traffic accident near Elefsina in 1972.