Zavaidoc biography
- Marin Teodorescu known as Zavaidoc was a Romanian singer, the country's best known lăutar in the interwar period.
- Marin Teodorescu, known as Zavaidoc, was a Romanian singer, the country's best known lăutar in the interwar period.
- Marin Teodorescu (March 8, 1896 – January 13, 1945), a.k.a.
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Cristian Vasile
Romanian singer
Cristian Vasile (May 8, 1908 – June 15, 1974) was a well-known Romanian tango-romance (Romanță) singer between 1928 and 1949, famous for songs such as "Zaraza", "Aprinde o țigară", "Ce să-ți mai scriu", "Pentru tine am făcut nebunii", and "Nunuțo". He was born in Brăila, and died in 1974 in Sibiu.
His greatest success, the song "Zaraza", that was said to refer to a Roma woman he was in love with at that time, was in fact an adapted version of a Uruguayan tango written in 1929 by Benjamín Alfonso Tagle Lara.[1] A popular rumour surrounding the song says that Vasile's lover was murdered by a rival singer, Zavaidoc, and her death caused Vasile to never sing again. Vasile did in fact abruptly stop his singing career, but a more credible explanation is that he lost his voice due to cancer.[1] Although he was supposedly at odds with Zavaidoc, there is no proof that such a rivalry existed beyond mere rumours.[2]
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Zavaidoc în anul iubirii
Zavaidoc pare sa fi fost un personaj foarte colorat si ma bucur ca Doina Rusti l-a scos la lumina, in special in anul iubirii cand a intalnit-o pe Matilda - anul 1923 - foarte important din mai multe motive. E anul in care apare primul film romanesc, femeile incep sa se emancipeze - exemplu foarte elocvent e Carolina, cea care e naratoarea primei parti si fiica croitorului care ii inchiriaza o camera lui Zavaidoc in casa lui. Felul in care vede si observa Carolina lumea si oamenii, atitudinea ei de adolescenta nestavilita, curioasa si indrazneata mi-a adus aminte de Jo din Micutele Doamne. Aceasta viziune plina de optimism si admiratie e contrabalansata de partea a doua unde vedem intamplarile si completam spatiile goale prin ochii si din experienta Matildei. Tot cu Zavaidoc in minte, insa tonul devine anxios, alert, dramatic