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Acknowledged as the best mestre-sala ever, Amor’s participation in the samba scene was important. As an interpreter, he was, as well as Mano Unói, the first ever to record pontos de macumba (music of dark sorcery rituals), in 1930. Like a composer, his samba “Apanhando Papel” (with Ubiratã Silva) was …

Though Olegário Mariano’s contributions to Brazilian culture were of tremendous importance in the fields of poetry and literature; he was also the lyricist of some essential tunes. 42 of his tunes had been recorded by popular performers and he remaining other songs released. He also published the libretto from the …

Eloy Antero Dias (aka Mano Eloy) became a pioneer in the business of samba colleges. He participated in the building blocks from the Vai Como Pode (1923, today Portela samba college), Papagaio Linguarudo, Deixa Malhar, and Império Serrano (1947). He was also among the pioneers from the documenting, in 1930, …

Marcelo Tupinambá wrote popular music that became strikes, as well seeing that erudite music, getting a huge production. His music were documented by the largest performers of his period, including Francisco Alves (“Ruana,” lyrics by Arlindo Leal; “Serenata d’Amor,” with Bento de Camargo; and “Pião,” with Fernando M. Almeida) and …

As the son of 1 from the founders from the Royal Academy of Music, Ouseley had a fantastic education including his matriculation and graduation from St. Michael’s University. Later on he became a teacher at Oxford where he produced music and musicology a significant subject of research. Ouseley’s main musical …

Probably one of the most important writers from the Revue Theater, for 45 years, Luís Peixoto wrote a lot more than 110 takes on in several styles, working with the best titles of several decades, from Chiquinha Gonzaga to Carmen Miranda, Ary Barroso, and Aracy Cortes, amongst others. Many of …

Naftule Brandwein had not been only one of the very most influential music artists in the annals of Klezmer music but among this century’s truly eccentric personalities. Proclaiming himself, “the ruler from the Klezmer clarinet”, Brandwein brought development and excitement towards the Jewish dance music that started in eastern European …

Like John Philip Sousa, army bandmaster Julius Herrmann’s 1st device was the violin, which he studied in the Vienna Conservatory. By 1910, he previously joined the forerunner of the initial Hoch und Deutschmeister Music group (which identifies itself as an “Orchester,” though it is usually a armed service band device) …

If folklore story Paul Bunyan was a musician, he’d needed been from New Orleans. Normally it is difficult to find a music picture where the stories of historic music artists strategy the grandeur of the saga relating to the huge lumberjack. Manuel “Fess” Manetta goes by the 1st test of …

Opera, want any other talent, has it is cult statistics, typically singers who all died teen and enacted tragedies, on stage or (sometimes “and”) within their own lives. While Maria Callas is just about the best known of the, Claudia Muzio offers her personal legion of devotees. Like Callas, her …