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Paulo Valentim (guitarist)
Paulo Valentim is a Portuguese fado guitarist and composer. His compositions include ''Romper Madrugadas'' recorded by Katia Guerreiro.Richard Elliott ''Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City'' Page 37 2010 "59 'Romper Madrugadas', lyric by Paulo Valentim, music by Paulo Valentim & Joao Veiga, recorded by Katia Guerreiro, Nas Maos do Fado (Ocarina OCA 007, 2003). References Living people Portuguese fado guitarists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Portugal-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fado
Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But even that information was frequently modified within the generational transmission process that made it reach us today." Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fate and melancholy. This is loosely captured by the Portuguese word ''saudade'', or longing, symbolizing a feeling of loss (a permanent, irreparable loss and its consequent lifelong damage). This is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katia Guerreiro
Katia Guerreiro (born February 23, 1976) is a South African-born Portuguese fado singer, who has released eight albums and has received several awards, including Order of Arts and Letters, Chevalier rank, from the French government and the Order of Prince Henry from the President of Portugal. Life Guerreiro was born Katia Duarte d'Almeida d'Oliveira Rosado Guerreiro in Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal, South Africa. to Portuguese parents. Soon after her birth, her family returned to São Miguel Island in the Azores, where she grew up. At age 15, she learned to play a local type of instrument called ''violin da terra'', traditional in the Azores, and began playing with a band called ''Rancho Folclórico de Santa Cecília''. After high school, she was accepted into medical school in Lisbon, where she graduated in 2000. During this time, she sang with the group ''Tuna Médica'' and with the Miguel Torga theater group at her school, along with a rock band called ''Os Charruas''. Her fado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Portuguese Fado Guitarists
Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portuguese man o' war, a dangerous marine cnidarian that resembles an 18th-century armed sailing ship ** Portuguese people, an ethnic group See also * * ''Sonnets from the Portuguese'' * "A Portuguesa", the national anthem of Portugal * Lusofonia * Lusitania Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
