The Famous Quartet of Piraeus
EAN13
9791036882159
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Europe Comics
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The Famous Quartet of Piraeus
Langue
anglais
Langue d'origine
anglais
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The Famous Quartet of Piraeus

Europe Comics

The Famous Quartet of Piraeus

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The Famous Quartet of Piraeus was formed in 1934 as a café band. It was the
first group featuring the bouzouki and the baglama, and consisted of frontman
Markos Vamvakaris, Giorgos Batis, Anestos Delias, and Stratos Pagioumtzis.
Markos’ fiery love for Zingoala, his first wife, is the main and painful
source of inspiration for the founder of rebetiko music. Starting as a skinner
at a slaughterhouse, Markos becomes a pioneer who paves new paths for
traditional Greek music and entertainment, running constantly afoul of the
musical mores of the era—as well as the police, his wife, and the dictatorship
of Metaxas. And all the while, war is approaching in the background like an
inevitable chorus...
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