Iovan Tsaous

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Iovan Tsaous (1893 - 1942, Greek: Γιοβάν Τσαούς) was a Greek musician and composer of rebetiko music. His real name was Yiannis Eitziridis or Etseiridis (Γιάννης Εϊτζιρίδης or Ετσειρίδης).

Biography

Iovan Tsaous was born in 1893 and was from Kastamonu in Pontus. As an Ottoman citizen he did his army service with the rank of a sergeant (Yovan is the Turkish version of the name Yiannis and çavuş is the Turkish word for sergeant). After the Asia Minor catastrophe, he came to Greece as a refugee and settled at Piraeus where he worked as a shoemaker. He died in 1942 of poisoning.

Works

He has recorded the following thirteen songs which are his own compositions, sang by Stellakis Perpiniadis and Antonis Kalyvopoulos, with him accompanying them on saz:

Pente Magges ston Peraia (Πέντε μάγκες στον Περαία) -- Five tramps in Pireas
Vlamissa (Βλάμισσα) -- She-comrade
Diamanto alaniara (Διαμάντω αλανιάρα) -- Wandering Diamanto
Iovan Tsaus (Τσαούς)
Gelasmenos (Γελασμένος) -- Fooled
Parapoliountai oi Magkes (Παραπονιούνται οι μάγκες) -- The tramps are whining
Katadikos (Κατάδικος) -- Convict
Magkissa (Μάγκισσα) -- She-tramp
Se Mia Mikroula (Σε μια μικρούλα) -- To a little girl
I Eleni I Zontochira (Η Ελένη η ζωντοχήρα) -- Eleni, the grass-widow
O Prezakias (Ο πρεζάκιας) -- The junky
Ego Thelo Prigkipessa (Εγώ θέλω πριγκηπέσσα) -- I Want a Princess
Drosati Peloponnisos (Δροσάτη Πελοπόννησος) -- Cool Peloponnese

It is said that his wife Katerina Charmoutzi (Κατερίνα Χαρμουτζή) helped in writing his songs.

External links

http://www.rembetiko.gr/forum/messages/130/1438.html

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