Samba-choro is a subgenre of

samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...

that emerged in

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in early 1930s in

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. It was a syncopated hybrid fusion of samba with the Brazilian instrumental genre

choro ''Choro'' (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called ''chorinho'' ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a ...

, but with medium tempo and presence of lyrics. Created by the Brazilian music industry, samba-choro was released with “Love in excess”, by Gadé and Valfrido Silva, in 1932. One of the most popular songs of this subgenre is “ Carinhoso”, by

Pixinguinha Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, known as Pixinguinha (; April 23, 1897February 17, 1973) was a Brazilian composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha is considered one of the greatest Brazilian composers of popu ...

. Originally released as choro in 1917, this composition received lyrics and ended up relaunched two decades later, in the voice of

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, with great commercial success. In the following decade, the cavaquinista

Waldir Azevedo Valdir Azevedo or Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro – September 21, 1980 in São Paulo) was a choro composer, conductor and performer, considered to be the most successful musician of this genre. Azevedo was born in Rio de J ...

would popularize chorinho, a kind of fast-paced instrumental samba.

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