Giannis Papaiōannou (Ιοαννiς Παπαϊωαννου)
Giannis Papaioannou (Greek: Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου; January 18, 1913 – August 3, 1972) was a famous Greek musician and composer born in Kios, Ottoman Empire (now Gemlik, Turkey). In English his name is sometimes romanticized as Yannis, Ioannis or Yiannis. Most active in the 1940s, he wrote many songs, some of which are today considered classics of the rebetiko folk music style. These include: Pente Ellines Ston Adi, Kapetan Andreas Zeppo, Modistroula, Prin To Charama Monachos, and Fovamai Mi Se Chaso. His style retains much of the musical quality of the classical rebetika of the likes of Markos Vamvakaris, although the thematic content of the lyrics tends not to focus as much on the typically dark topics – drugs, death and prison – of earlier rebetika. He died in Athens on August 3, 1972 in a road accident and was buried in a cemetery in Kallithea, just southwest of Athens near the Tzitzifies area of south Kallithea where he, like many other rebetiko and laiko musicians, would frequently perform. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0GA1438 | 10-in. | November 1948 | Tophages to paidi (Τοφαγες το παιδι) | Marika Ninou (Μαρικα Νινου) ; Stellakēs Perpiniadēs (Στελλάκης Περπινιάδης) | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Gramophone | 0GA1710 | 10-in. | 1950 | Gyrna stē zōē tēn prōtē (Γυρνα στη ζωη την πρωτη) | Sōtēria Bellou (Σωτηρία Μπέλλου) ; Nikos Kallerghis | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Gramophone | 0GA1751 | 10-in. | 5/8/1951 | Eisai goēssa (Εισαι γοησσα) | Prodromos Tsaousakēs (Προδρομος Τσαουσακης) ; Vasilēs Tsitsanēs (Βασιλης Τσιτσανης) | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Gramophone | 0GA1757 | 10-in. | 5/12/1951 | Sto zētaō gia chatēri (Στο ζηταω για χατηρι) | N. Kalerghis ; Rena Stamou (Ρενα Σταμου) | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Gramophone | 0GA1758 | 10-in. | 5/12/1951 | Mia amphivalleis (Μια αμφιβαλλεις) | Rena Stamou (Ρενα Σταμου) | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Gramophone | 0GA1785 | 10-in. | approximately August 1951 | Penies Papaiōannou (Πενιες Παπαιωαννου) | Giannis Papaiōannou (Ιοαννiς Παπαϊωαννου) | Bouzuki solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, bouzouki, composer | |
Gramophone | 0GA1944 | 10-in. | 1952 | Matōse matōse (Ματωσε ματωσε) | St. Kazantzidēs (Στ. Καζαντζιδης) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Papaiōannou, Giannis (Παπαϊωαννου, Ιοαννiς)," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/207657.
Papaiōannou, Giannis (Παπαϊωαννου, Ιοαννiς). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/207657.
"Papaiōannou, Giannis (Παπαϊωαννου, Ιοαννiς)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Papaiōannou, Giannēs, 1913-1972 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87150462
Wikidata: Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3070437
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26118321
MusicBrainz: Γιάννης Παπαϊωάννου - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5601fc2-b21f-45b5-b88e-e7421ce90c50
ISNI: 0000 0000 3070 5707 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000030705707
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