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| name = Yiorgos Batis |
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[[Image:George Batis.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Yiorgos (George) Batis]] |
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| native_name = Γιώργος Μπάτης |
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| ⚫ | '''Yiorgos Batis''' ({{ |
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| alt = Photo of Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s. |
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| alias = Yiorgos Ampatis |
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| birth_name = Yiorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος) |
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| birth_date = ''{{circa}}'' 1885 |
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| birth_place = [[Methana]] |
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| death_date = 10 March {{death year and age|1967|1885}} |
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| genre = {{flagicon|Greece}} ''[[Rebetiko]]'' |
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| occupation = Musician, composer, song-writer |
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| instrument = [[Baglamas]], [[Bouzouki]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Yiorgos Batis''' ({{langx|el|Γιώργος Μπάτης}}, also '''Giorgos Batis''') (1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first [[rebetes]] influential to ''[[rebetiko]]'' music. His real name was '''Yiorgos Tsoros''' although he was known as '''Yiorgos Ampatis'''. He had a great love for music and musical instruments ([[baglamas]], [[bouzouki]], etc.). |
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==Life and career== |
==Life and career== |
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He was born in [[Methana]] in 1885 and moved to [[Piraeus]] when he was very young.<ref name="VasilisUniversity">{{cite web |url=http://www.koutouzis.gr/mpatis.htm |title=Γιωργοσ Τσωροσ ή Γιωργοσ Μπατησ – Αμπατησ |language=el |trans-title=George Tsoros or George Batis - Abatis |work=ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΝ. ΚΟΥΤΟΥΖΗΣ |date=2012-11-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126224813/http://www.koutouzis.gr/mpatis.htm |archivedate=2022-11-26 |accessdate=2023-07-17}}</ref> |
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He was born in [[Methana]] in 1885 and moved to [[Piraeus]] when he was very young. |
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| ⚫ | He served in the Greek army from 1912 to 1918. In the mid-1920s, he opened a music school called "Carmen". He opened a [[café]] named "Georges Baté" in 1931 and formed one of the most important scenes of rebetiko music. He continued to work as a quack-salesman, improvising treatments for toothake and other minor ailments. He kept a collection of many instruments and also used to name them. In 1933, Yiorgos Batis did his first sound-recording with bouzouki in [[Greece]]. In the 1930s, he dedicated himself solely to music and collaborated closely with [[Anestis Delias]], [[Markos Vamvakaris]], and [[Stratos Pagioumtzis]] in a rebetiko band ({{langx|el|Η τετράς η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς|lit=the Famous Quartet of Piraeus|translit=I Tetras i Xakousti tou Peiraios}}).<ref name="VasilisUniversity"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Holst |first1=Gail |title=road to rembetika |chapter=Piraeus in the 1920s—the road starts |location=Limni, Evia, Greece |publisher=Denise Harvey |year=2006 |pages=27–35 |isbn=978-9607120076 }}</ref> |
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He appeared in Alekos Sakelariou's 1954 film ({{langx|el|Οι παπατζήδες|lit=The Priests|translit=Oi papatzides}}).{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} He died in Piraeus on March 10, 1967.<ref name="VasilisUniversity"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=113,id=16672676 |title=40 χρόνια από το θάνατο του Μπάτη. Ο Ρήγας του ρεμπέτικου |language=el |trans-title=40 years since the death of Batis. King of rebetiko |work=Ελευθεροτυπια |publisher= Χ. Κ. Τεγόπουλος Εκδόσεις Α.Ε. |date=2007-03-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229140403/http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=113,id=16672676 |archivedate=2009-12-29 |accessdate=2023-07-17 }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He served in the Greek army from 1912 to 1918. In the mid-1920s, he opened a music school called "Carmen". He opened a [[café]] named "Georges Baté" in 1931 and formed one of the most important scenes of rebetiko music. He continued to work as a quack-salesman, improvising |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.koutouzis.gr/mpatis.htm Biography on Yiorgos Batis] {{in lang|el}} |
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*[http://i24.tinypic.com/343iyx2.jpg Screen shots of Yiorgos Batis in the film "Oi papatzides (Οι παπατζήδες)" (1954)] |
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[[Category:1885 births]] |
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[[Category:1967 deaths]] |
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[[Category:20th-century Greek male |
[[Category:20th-century Greek male singers]] |
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[[Category:Greek rebetiko singers]] |
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[[Category:People from Troizinia-Methana]] |
[[Category:People from Troizinia-Methana]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 24 October 2024
Yiorgos Batis Γιώργος Μπάτης | |
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 Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Yiorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος) |
| Also known as | Yiorgos Ampatis |
| Born | c. 1885 Methana |
| Died | 10 March 1967 (aged 81–82) |
| Genres |  Rebetiko |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, song-writer |
| Instrument(s) | Baglamas, Bouzouki |
Yiorgos Batis (Greek: Γιώργος Μπάτης, also Giorgos Batis) (1885 – 10 March 1967) was one of the first rebetes influential to rebetiko music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis. He had a great love for music and musical instruments (baglamas, bouzouki, etc.).
Life and career
[edit]He was born in Methana in 1885 and moved to Piraeus when he was very young.[1]
He served in the Greek army from 1912 to 1918. In the mid-1920s, he opened a music school called "Carmen". He opened a café named "Georges Baté" in 1931 and formed one of the most important scenes of rebetiko music. He continued to work as a quack-salesman, improvising treatments for toothake and other minor ailments. He kept a collection of many instruments and also used to name them. In 1933, Yiorgos Batis did his first sound-recording with bouzouki in Greece. In the 1930s, he dedicated himself solely to music and collaborated closely with Anestis Delias, Markos Vamvakaris, and Stratos Pagioumtzis in a rebetiko band (Greek: Η τετράς η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς, romanized: I Tetras i Xakousti tou Peiraios, lit. 'the Famous Quartet of Piraeus').[1][2]
He appeared in Alekos Sakelariou's 1954 film (Greek: Οι παπατζήδες, romanized: Oi papatzides, lit. 'The Priests').[citation needed] He died in Piraeus on March 10, 1967.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Γιωργοσ Τσωροσ ή Γιωργοσ Μπατησ – Αμπατησ" [George Tsoros or George Batis - Abatis]. ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΑΝ. ΚΟΥΤΟΥΖΗΣ (in Greek). 2012-11-03. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ Holst, Gail (2006). "Piraeus in the 1920s—the road starts". road to rembetika. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. pp. 27–35. ISBN 978-9607120076.
- ^ "40 χρόνια από το θάνατο του Μπάτη. Ο Ρήγας του ρεμπέτικου" [40 years since the death of Batis. King of rebetiko]. Ελευθεροτυπια (in Greek). Χ. Κ. Τεγόπουλος Εκδόσεις Α.Ε. 2007-03-10. Archived from the original on 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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