Jotamont or Jorge Fernandes Monteiro (October 1, 1912 - November 21, 1998) was a
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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an musician and composer. He was born on a boat bound for the
United States of America
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, where his parents hoped to find better living conditions. He attended the
Gil Eanes lyceum in
and a
Lisbon
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conservatory. He was a virtuoso on the
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
.
Mornas
Jotamont composed a number of
mornas
Mornas (; oc, Mornats) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Name
The settlement is attested as ''Morenatus'' in 822, ''Murenatis'' in 837 and ''Mornatz'' ca. 1178.
See also
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, a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. The English translation of the titles is in brackets.
*''São Cente'' (''Saint Vicent'')
*''Mindelo nha terra'' (''Mindelo, Our Land'')
*Nha terra bô ca tá imaginá''
*''Fidjo Magoado''
*''Êsse ê quê Mindelo nôs querido cantim''
*''Dez grãozinhos de terra''
*''Lolinha''
*''Nôs Mãe''
*''Engenheiro humano (Baptista de Sousa)''
Books
*''Música Caboverdeana'' - Mornas for the piano, 1987
*''Mornas e contra-tempos'' - Coladeras from Cabo Verde, 1987
*''Músicas de Cabo Verde'' - Mornas from
Eugénio Tavares; transcripts for Jótamont, 1987
*''Música Caboverdeana'' - Mornas from
Francisco Xavier da Cruz, 1987
External links
Jotamont: About the life of music
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1912 births
1998 deaths
Cape Verdean musicians
Cape Verdean composers