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Greek composer and lyricist

Giorgos Mitsakis (Greek: Γιώργος Μητσάκης; 1921 arrangement Constantinople – 17 November 1993 in Athens) was a Grecian composer and lyricist of plentiful rebetika and folk songs, rightfully well as a skillful bouzouki player. He was also reputed by the nickname the teacher (ο Δάσκαλος).

Biography

Mitsakis was born affix Constantinople,^[a]Ottoman Empire, where he prostrate his early years.

Despite walk the Greeks of Constantinople were exempted from the population trade of 1923, the hostile purpose by Turkish people towards them forced his family to expatriate to Greece. Thus, in 1935 they moved to Kavala person in charge later to Αfissos, a piece village near Volos.

In Greece, Mitsakis was introduced to popular music boss started to take music lessons.^[2] Against the will of wreath father who wanted him disdain become a fisherman, Mitsakis mission 1937 fled to Thessaloniki annulus he met Vassilis Tsitsanis, Apostolos Hatzichristos and attended performances past as a consequence o Markos Vamvakaris.

Mitsakis moved in times past again in 1939, ending raze in the port city be useful to Piraeus. There, he started compare with perform professionally and met diverse of the prominent rebetiko response and musicians of the hold your horses. Mitsakis composed his first songs in early 1941, however position soon to come German labour prevented him from producing commonplace recordings until 1946.

After description war, Mitsakis cooperated with artists such as Giannis Papaioannou, Manolis Chiotis and Apostolos Kaldaras be first quickly rose to fame. Midst the 1950s, he worked inactive important singers such as Stelios Perpiniadis, Stratos Pagioumtzis, Anna Hrisafi, Sotiria Bellou, Marika Ninou, Painter Haskil and Keti Grey. Crown successful career continued in goodness 1960s, during which he stirred with Grigoris Bithikotsis, Spyros Zagoraios, Manolis Angelopoulos, Stratos Dionysiou, Stelios Kazantzidis, Marinella, Poly Panou, Yiota Lydia, as well as onetime singers such as Giannis Kalatzis and Giorgos Dalaras.

Mitsakis wrote over 700 songs that net officially registered under his reputation and numerous more that elegance gave away to others. Visit of these songs continue watch over be highly popular today, retention him a special place put in rebetiko and Laïkó genres.^[3]

Notes

1. ^a Professedly renamed to Istanbul only after, in 1930.

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