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Biography
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Γιοβάν Τσαούς
Real name: Ιωάννης Εϊτζιρίδης or Ετσειρίδης/Ετσιρείδης or Ιντζιρίδης = Ioannis Eïtzirides or Etseirides/Etsireides or Intzirides
Effective period / Period of releases: 1988
Iovan or Yovan Tsaous (from the Turkish word "çavuş", meaning "sergeant", because of the rank of sergeant he held while serving in the Ottoman army) was a Greek musician (saz, oud, baglama, piano, violin, tambura) and composer of rebetiko songs from Pontus. Born in 1893 Kastamonu, Ottoman Empire - Died in October 1942 in Kokkinia, Piraeus, Greece.