Marin Teodorescu (; March 8, 1896, Pitești – January 13, 1945, Bucharest), known as Zavaidoc (), was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

n singer, the country's best known '' lăutar'' in the interwar period. Born in

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical re ...

into a family of ''lăutari'', he made his way to

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

as a youth, together with his ''

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'' partner. He released his first disc with

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in 1925, meeting with instant success. He died two decades later and was buried at

Cernica Cernica is a commune in the southeast part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,425 as of 2002. It is composed of five villages: Bălăceanca, Căldăraru, Cernica, Poșta and Tânganu. The commune lent its name to the Ce ...

. Tatiana Dabija
"Zavaidoc, patru cămăși în fiece noapte"
, ''Jurnalul Național'', June 28, 2004; accessed June 17, 2013

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zavaidoc 1896 births 1945 deaths People from Pitești Lăutari and lăutărească music 20th-century Romanian male singers 20th-century Romanian singers