Anestis Delias
Anestis Delias (Greek: Ανέστης Δελιάς; 1912 – 31 July 1944) was a Greek bouzouki player, composer and singer of rebetiko. Delias was from a musical family of Smyrna in Anatolia, who arrived on the Greek mainland as a young refugee during the Greco-Turkish war. He became an accomplished player of the bouzouki and joined with other musicians in the refugee suburbs of Athens and Piraeus, creating music in the 1930s that exemplifies the genre known as Piraeus rebetiko. Delias played on early rebetiko recordings, including songs of his own composition released under his name. He became addicted to heroin and died of starvation, aggravated by his drug dependency, during the Nazi occupation of Greece. Despite his short life, Anestis Delias was an important figure and an influential exponent of the Piraeus-style of rebetiko. |
Birth and Death Data: Born İzmir (city in İzmir Province, Turkey), Died July 31, 1944 (Athens (capital and largest city of Greece) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | CO19292 | 10-in. | 5/20/1936 | To sakkaki (Το σακκακι) | Anestis Delias | Male vocal solo, with bouzouki and baglama | vocalist | |
| Columbia | CO19293 | 10-in. | 5/20/1936 | To charemi sto chamam (Το χαρεμι στο χαμαμ) | Anestis Delias | Male vocal solo, with bouzouki and baglama | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Delias, Anestis," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/311781.
Delias, Anestis. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/311781.
"Delias, Anestis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Dhelias, Anestis, 1912-1944 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97026754
Wikidata: Ανέστος Δελιάς - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q529340
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/308718164
MusicBrainz: Ανέστος Δελιάς - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3944c654-6847-49e1-a560-f3aea67ce602
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