Alfredo Portugues

The composer and singer Alfredo Português, nicknamed after his Portuguese birth, was a sailor from the Portuguese merchant navy and found Brazil hired from the Brazilian mercantile marine. Currently a vocalist/composer of fados in his hometown (Lisbon), Português resolved in the Mangueira hill (Rio de Janeiro), frequenting its rodas de samba (samba get-togethers). In 1936, he used Nelson Matos as his godson. The young man, who was simply 12 at that time, would later on be referred to as Nelson Sargento. A normal frequenter from the extinct samba college Unidos da Mangueira (that he wrote many sambas-enredo with Mossoró), Português was asked in 1941 with the Rádio Cruzeiro perform Sul to become listed on the historic present A Voz perform Morro with Cartola and Paulo da Portela. In 1947, Português was asked by Carlos Cachaça to become listed on the Ala de Compositores da Mangueira (Composers’ Wing from the Mangueira samba college). In 1948, he composed “Rio São Francisco” with Sargento and 2 yrs afterwards, using the same partner, the samba-enredo “Apologia dos Mestres.” The samba had not been presented through the parade as the story (enredo) was transformed by the institution weekly before it; Português/Sargento penned after that another samba-enredo for the brand new story, “Saúde, Lavoura, Transporte e Educação,” provided through the Carnaval competition. Also created in 1954 was the samba-enredo “Aspectos perform Rio” and Português composed with Sargento within the next season “Cântico ? Natureza,” popular documented by Jamelão and recognized in 1975 among the ten-best sambas-enredo from Mangueira. His “Samba perform Operário” (with Sargento/Cartola) was documented in 1998 by João Nogueira in Chico Buarque da Mangueira. The Section of Lifestyle of the town of Rio de Janeiro released in 2000 the Compact disc Mangueira. Sambas de Terreiro e Outros Sambas, which acquired many compositions by Português, such as for example “Naquela Noite de Sereno” (with Babaú da Mangueira), documented by Sargento and Comprido; “Freira Querida” (with Nelson Cavaquinho); and “Operating-system Teus Olhos Cansam de Chorar” (with Nelson Cavaquinho), interpreted by Sargento.