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The violin virtuoso Jan Kubelik was, in his heyday, an immensely well-known and rich performer. He became well-known at the same time when the artwork of violin playing was suffering from a trend, spurred on by his old modern and fellow superstar Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 – 1931). Nevertheless, while Ysaÿe …

Blecaute was an extremely popular vocalist/composer of Carnival strikes such as for example his biggest a single, the samba “General da Banda” (Tancredo Silva/Sátiro de Mello/José Alcides), in the Carnival of 1949. Among his successes are “O Pedreiro Valdemar” (Wilson Batista/Roberto Martins, 1949), “Papai Advertisementão” (Armando Cavalcanti/Klecius Caldas, 1951), “Maria …