Armando Artur da Silva Machado (

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, 1899-1974) was a Portuguese

fadista 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 ...

, guitarist and "viola" player, meaning the

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guitar. He performed with his wife Maria de Lourdes Machado, a nurse who became an accomplished Fado singer. In 1937 he opened the Adega Machado in Lisbon's

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, which was the second fado bar in the bairro, but the first to give daily performances. In 1996 Belgian conductor

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selected Machado's ''So pode ser amor'' for inclusion on his ''Tears of Lisbon'' tribute to Fado.

Notable works

* Fado Cigano - bolero, Cigano da Fronteira. * Fado Cunha e Silva (Fado Aracélia) * Fado Licas - dedicated to the couple's son Licas, text by João Linhares Barbosa, text commissioned by Maria de Lourdes Machado on her son's call up to the navy, with the title ''"Fé e Coragem Meu Filho"'' * Fado Lourdes - dedicated to his wife * Fado Marana ''"Lisboa, meu amor, Lisboa"'' * Fado Maria Rita * Fado Súplica ''"Saudades da Madrugada"'', text Fernando Peres.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Machado 1899 births 1974 deaths Portuguese fado guitarists 20th-century guitarists