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Conjunto Farroupilha

The Conjunto Farroupilha was made within the Rádio Farroupilha in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 1948. In the beginning focused on folkloric and local repertory, documenting with achievement “Gauchinha Bem-Querer,” “Piazito Carreteiro,” “Prenda Minha,” “Boi Barroso,” “Chimarrita Balão,” “Negrinho perform Pastoreio,” and “Pezinho,” in addition they had achievement in the 1960s in the bossa nova genre. In 1952 their 1st album was just the fourth to become pressed in Brazil. Four years later on the group relocated to São Paulo, starting some trips throughout Brazil and overseas. Their international trips, kept up frequently for a long time, included countries like China, U.S.S.R., Germany, and Venezuela, where in addition they documented albums. In the ’60s they honored bossa nova, having documented with achievement “Bolinha de Sabão” (Orlandivo/Adilson de Azevedo), “Moça da Chuva” (Paulinho Nogueira/Rita Moreira), “Azul Contente” (Walter Santos/Tereza Souza), “Papai Walt Disney,” and “Por Causa de Você” (Tom Jobim/Dolores Durán). For the reason that decade that they had their very own show at Television Record, in São Paulo. Around 1963, Tasso Bangel and Danilo Vidal made the Farroupilha documenting firm. In 1971 the group was dissolved. Once they teamed up once again in 1983 for the performance in the regional Television show Som Brasil they documented the LP Farroupilha 35.

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