Iovan Tsaous
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Iovan Tsaous (1893 - 1942, Greek: Γιοβάν Τσαούς) was a Greek musician and composer of rebetiko music. His real name was Yiannis Eitziridis or Etseiridis (Γιάννης Εϊτζιρίδης or Ετσειρίδης).
[edit] Biography
Iovan Tsaous was born in 1893 and was from Kastamonu in Pontus. As an Ottoman citizen he did his army service with the rank of a sergeant (Yovan is the Turkish version of the name Yiannis and çavuş is the Turkish word for sergeant). After the Asia Minor catastrophe, he came to Greece as a refugee and settled at Piraeus where he worked as a shoemaker. He died in 1942 of poisoning.
[edit] Works
He has recorded the following thirteen songs which are his own compositions, sang by Stellakis Perpiniadis and Antonis Kalyvopoulos, with him accompanying them on saz:
- Pente Magges ston Peraia (Πέντε μάγκες στον Περαία) -- Five tramps in Pireas
- Vlamissa (Βλάμισσα) -- She-comrade
- Diamanto alaniara (Διαμάντω αλανιάρα) -- Wandering Diamanto
- Iovan Tsaus (Τσαούς)
- Gelasmenos (Γελασμένος) -- Fooled
- Parapoliountai oi Magkes (Παραπονιούνται οι μάγκες) -- The tramps are whining
- Katadikos (Κατάδικος) -- Convict
- Magkissa (Μάγκισσα) -- She-tramp
- Se Mia Mikroula (Σε μια μικρούλα) -- To a little girl
- I Eleni I Zontochira (Η Ελένη η ζωντοχήρα) -- Eleni, the grass-widow
- O Prezakias (Ο πρεζάκιας) -- The junky
- Ego Thelo Prigkipessa (Εγώ θέλω πριγκηπέσσα) -- I Want a Princess
- Drosati Peloponnisos (Δροσάτη Πελοπόννησος) -- Cool Peloponnese
It is said that his wife Katerina Charmoutzi (Κατερίνα Χαρμουτζή) helped in writing his songs.
