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[[Image:George Batis.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Yiorgos (George) Batis]]
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'''Yiorgos Batis''' ({{lang-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 ([[bouzouki]], [[baglamas]], etc.).
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| alt = Photo of Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s.
| caption = Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s.
| alias = Yiorgos Ampatis
| birth_name = Yiorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος)
| birth_date = ''{{circa}}'' 1885
| 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]]''
| occupation = Musician, composer, song-writer
| instrument = [[Baglamas]], [[Bouzouki]]
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'''Yiorgos Batis''' ({{langx|el|Γιώργος Μπάτης}}, also '''Giorgos Batis''') (1885 &ndash; 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==
==Life and career==
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>
He was born in [[Methana]] in 1885 and moved to [[Piraeus]] when he was very young.


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 drugs for painful teeth 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, among others, [[Markos Vamvakaris]] in the rebetiko band ("kompania") called ''[[I Tetras i Xakousti tou Peiraios]]'' (''Η τετράς η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς'') --the Famous Quartet of Pireos. However, it did not light up the charts. He appeared in Alekos Sakelariou's film "Oi papatzides (Οι παπατζήδες)" (1954). He died in Piraeus on March 10, 1967.
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>


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>
==External links==

*[http://www.koutouzis.gr/mpatis.htm Biography on Yiorgos Batis] {{gr icon}}
==References==
*[http://i24.tinypic.com/343iyx2.jpg Screen shots of Yiorgos Batis in the film "Oi papatzides (Οι παπατζήδες)" (1954)]
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 24 October 2024

Yiorgos Batis
Γιώργος Μπάτης
Photo of Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s.
Yiorgos Batis in the 1930s.
Background information
Birth nameYiorgos Tsoros (Γιώργος Τσώρος)
Also known asYiorgos Ampatis
Bornc. 1885
Methana
Died10 March 1967 (aged 81–82)
GenresGreece 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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Holst, Gail (2006). "Piraeus in the 1920s—the road starts". road to rembetika. Limni, Evia, Greece: Denise Harvey. pp. 27–35. ISBN 978-9607120076.
  3. ^ "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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