Rebetes
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A rebetis (pl. rebetes) (Greek ρεμπέτης) is a musician involved in the scene of the Greek musical genre of rebetiko, which flourished between 1920 and 1955.
Prominent rebetes include:
- Rita Abatzi
- Yiorgos Batis
- Sotiria Bellou
- Roza Eskenazi
- Mihalis Genitsaris
- Dimitris Gogos (Bagianderas)
- Giannis Eitziridis (Yovan Tsaous)
- Apostolos Hatzichristos
- Manolis Hiotis
- Manolis Chrysafakis
- Anna Chrysafi
- Apostolos Nikolaidis
- Marika Ninou
- Ioannis Papaioannou
- Vangelis Papazoglou
- Stratos Pagioumtzis
- Stelios Perpiniadis
- Kostas Roukounas
- Kostas Skarvelis
- Prodromos Tsaousakis
- Vassilis Tsitsanis
- Markos Vamvakaris
- Kostas Kaplanis
Sometimes (not without controversy!) this definition is extended to include modern day performers of this kind of music, such as
- Babis Goles,
- Agathonas Iakovidis.
[edit] Sources
- Damianakos Stathis, Κοινωνιολογία του Ρεμπέτικου 2nd Edition. Athens, Plethron, 2001.
- Gauntlett Stathis, Rebetika, Carmina Graeciae Recentoris. Athens, D. Harvey and Co., 1985.
- Hadjidakis Manos, Ερμηνεία και θέση του ρεμπέτικου τραγουδιού. 1949.
- Holst-Warhaft Gail, Road to Rembetika: Music of a Greek sub-culture, songs of love, sorrow and hashish, Athens, Denise Harvey, 1989
- Kotarides Nikos, Ρεμπέτες και ρεμπέτικο τραγούδι. Athens, Plethron, 1996.
- Kounades Panagiotis, Εις ανάμνησιν στιγμών ελκυστικών. Athens, Katarti, 2000.
- Petropoulos Elias, Ρεμπέτικα τραγούδια. Athens, 1968.
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