Cornélio Pires (July 13, 1884 in
Tietê – February 17, 1958 in
São Paulo
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) was a
journalist
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,
writer
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, and
Brazil
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ian
folklorist
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.
Cornélio Pires was the most important studious of the country man, he understood him, and was the first to launch, in 78 rpm records, the country music, called today "roots music", as opposed to country music.
Cornélio Pires is a cousin of the writers
Elsie Lessa,
Orígenes Lessa,
Ivan Lessa and
Sergio Pinheiro Lopes. Cornélio is also the uncle of the spiritist journalist and thinker
José Herculano Pires.
1884 births
1958 deaths
People from Tietê, São Paulo
Brazilian journalists
Brazilian folklorists
20th-century journalists
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