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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 Etseridis (Γιάννης Εϊτζιρίδης or Ετσειρίδης).

Biography

Iovan Tsaous was born in 1893 and was from Kastamoni in Pontus. As an ottoman citizen he did his national 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 sewmaker. 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 sto Peiraia
Vlamissa (Βλάμισσα)
Diamanto alaniara (Διαμάντω αλανιάρα)
Iovan Tsous (Τσαούς)
Gelasmenos (Γελασμένος)
Parapoliountai oi Magkes (Παραπονιούνται οι μάγκες)
Katadikos (Κατάδικος)
Magkissa (Μάγκισσα)
Se Mia Mikroula (Σε μια μικρούλα)
I Eleni I Zontochira (Η Ελένη η ζωντοχήρα)
O Prezakias (Ο πρεζάκιας)
Ego Thelo Prigkipessa (Εγώ θέλω πριγκηπέσσα) = I Want a Princess
Drosati Peloponnisos (Δροσάτη Πελοπόννησος)
It said that his wife Aikaterini Charmoutzi (Αικατερίνη Χαρμουτζή) helped in writing his songs.