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Mano Décio

Perhaps one of the most important historic old-guard sambistas, Mano Décio da Viola wrote a lot more than 500 sambas and participated in a number of samba academic institutions since their inceptions. Regarding his partner Silas de Oliveira, Mano Décio was among the pioneering authors of samba-enredos. Various other of his successes had been “Lá Vem Ela Com Uma Trouxa de Roupa na Cabeça” (documented by Raul Marques in 1942), “Apoteose ao Samba” (documented by Jamelão in 1950), and “Olelê, Olalá” (documented by Adilson Ribeiro in 1973). Mano Décio documented the to begin just three albums as an interpreter at 66. The initial rancho where he participated was the Príncipe das Matas (arranged by his family members in the Mangueira hill), when he was 14. He also participated in the bloco Vai Como Pode (that could end up being the Portela samba college) and in the Recreio de Ramos samba college. For the reason that period (1930), he composed his initial samba, “Vem, Meu Amor” (with Bide/João de Barro), documented by Almirante five years afterwards. It represented an average malandragem (road smartness), as the melody was copied from that of Emil Waldteufel’s valse “The Skaters.” Mano Décio was appointed samba movie director from the Prazer da Serrinha samba college, where he became referred to as Mano Décio da Viola. The initial samba-enredo ever (“Conferência de São Francisco”) was compiled by him and Silas de Oliveira, in 1946 (before that, all samba college sambas had been sambas-de-terreiro). In 1949, he still left the Prazer da Serrinha and became a member of the Império Serrano samba college (formed 2 yrs before because of a dissension in the Prazer da Serrinha), which gained the annual Carnaval competition four situations with Mano Décio’s sambas-enredo (the samba college paraded 19 years to his masterpieces). For the reason that same calendar year, the Império Serrano gained the contest using the samba-enredo that became perhaps one of the most essential classics from the genre, “Tiradentes” (Mano Décio/Penteado/Estanislau Silva). In 1951, the samba college gained with “Batalha Naval perform Riachuelo” (Mano Décio/Penteado/Molequinho); in 1955, with “Exaltação a Duque de Caxias” (Mano Décio/Silas de Oliveira); and in 1960 with “Medalhas e Brasõha sido” (Mano Décio/Silas de Oliveira).

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