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at his time coming from the Greek mainland and not from the islands. This may be the reason why he was sometimes known as "the Vlach" by his fellow musicians, although this could be due to the actually
Aromanian ethnic origin of Tsitsanis (as Aromanians are known as Vlachs in Greece). It is also
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Ordoulidis, Nikos. ‘Η δισκογραφική καριέρα του Βασίλη Τσιτσάνη (1936–1983). Ανάλυση της μουσικής του μέσω των ηχογραφήσεων εμπορίου. Τέσσερα καίρια προβλήματα της έρευνας.’
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I am reminding the reader of the
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player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern
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music. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary composer and bouzouki player.
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in London following a lung operation, on his sixty-ninth birthday. He was mourned across
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gave him this nickname. Tsitsanis was also nicknamed "Tsilias".
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