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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'''. |
'''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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==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. |
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 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. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 03:10, 29 July 2013
Yiorgos Batis (Template:Lang-el, 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.).
Life and career
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.
External links
- Biography on Yiorgos Batis Template:Gr icon
- Screen shots of Yiorgos Batis in the film "Oi papatzides (Οι παπατζήδες)" (1954)
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