Armando Zeferino Soares, (1920 in
São Nicolau,
Cape Verde
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– April 3, 2007) was a
Capeverdean composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
, author of the famous song ''
Sodade
"''Sodade''" is a Cape Verdean song written in the 1950s by Armando Zeferino Soares, and best popularized by Cesária Évora on her 1992 album ''Miss Perfumado''. The name is the Cape Verdean Creole variant of the Portuguese term ''saudade''.
The ...
''.
He was born in
in the island of São Nicolau and worked there as a salesman.
He had several disputes due to the authorship of ''Sodade'' with other composers, including Amândio Cabral and Luís Morais. Finally, in December 2006, the court declared Armando Soares the author of the famous song. He told the newspaper ''
A Semana
''A Semana'' (Portuguese meaning "The Week") is a Cape Verdean daily that covers its top stories in the archipelago and local stories ranging from each island. ''A Semana'' is located in the Cape Verdean capital city of Praia and is one of the mos ...
'' that he created the music in the 1950s in a farewell celebration to a group of friends that embarked for
São Tomé e Príncipe
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1920 births
2007 deaths
Cape Verdean composers
People from São Nicolau, Cape Verde