Paulinho Nogueira (

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, 8 October 1929 –

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, 2 August 2003) was a Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer. Gildo e Paulinho

Biography

He was an eclectic composer, his influences ranging from bossa nova to

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. Paulinho Nogueira designed the craviola, a guitar with a sloping bout and offset body shape. He was the teacher of

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.Gildo De Stefano, "Il popolo del samba", Roma 2005

Craviola

The Craviola is an acoustic guitar designed by Paulinho Nogueira and built by manufacturer

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. Craviolas have a distinct asymmetric body shape that deviates from the upper and lower bouts of classical guitars. Its timbre is said to resemble a combination of sounds from a harpsichord and a

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, hence the portmanteau (''Cravo'' is the Portuguese word for harpsichord). Craviolas can be six-string or twelve-string (either nylon or steel) and are produced solely by Giannini.

Discography

* ''A voz do violão'' (1959) Columbia * ''Brasil, violão e sambalanço'' (1960) RGE * ''Menino desce daí/Tema do boneco de palha'' (1961) RGE 78 * ''Sambas de ontem e de hoje'' (1961) RGE * ''Outros sambas de ontem e de hoje'' (1962) RGE * ''Mais sambas de ontem e de hoje'' (1963) RGE * ''A nova bossa é violão'' (1964) RGE * ''O fino do violão'' (1965) RGE * ''Sambas e marchas da nova geração'' (1966) RGE * ''Paulinho Nogueira'' (1967) RGE * ''Um festival de violão'' (1968) RGE * ''Isto É Sambalanço'' (1969) SBA * ''Paulinho Nogueira canta suas composições'' (1970) RGE * ''Dez bilhões de neurônios'' (1972) Continental * ''Paulinho Nogueira, violão e samba'' (1973) Continental 10.108 * ''Simplesmente'' (1974) Continental * ''Moda de craviola'' (1975) Continental * ''Antologia do violão'' (1976) Phonogram * ''Nas asas do moinho'' (1979) Alequim * ''O fino do violão volume 2'' (1980) Bandeirantes/WEA * ''Tom Jobim – Retrospectiva'' (1981) Cristal/WEA * ''Água branca'' (1983) Eldorado * ''Tons e semitons'' (1986) Independente * ''Late night guitar – The Brazilian sound of Paulinho Nogueira'' (1992) * ''Coração violão'' (1995) Movieplay * ''Brasil musical – Série música viva – Paulinho Nogueira e Alemã'' (1996) Tom Brasil * ''Sempre amigos'' (1999) Movieplay * ''Reflexões'' (1999) Malandro Records * ''Toquinho Paulinho Nogueira'' (1998), with

* ''Chico Buarque – Primeiras composições'' (2002) Trama

Bibliography

Gildo De Stefano Ermenegildo De Stefano (born in Naples Italy) is an Italian journalist, music critic and musicologist. He specializes in African-American music. He is a music journalist, sociologist, and critic for the Italian daily ''Roma'' and art director of ...

, ''Il popolo del samba: la vicenda e i protagonisti della

Música popular brasileira Música popular brasileira (, ''Popular Brazilian Music'') or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and baião and other Brazilian regional music, com ...

'', Prefazione di

Chico Buarque Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...

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Editions, Rome 2005 *

, ''Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile'', Prefazione di

, Introduzione di

Gianni Minà Gianni Minà (; Turin, 17 May 1938) is an Italian journalist, writer, magazine editor and television host. He has collaborated with both Italian and International newspapers and magazines; produced hundreds of reports for RAI (''Radiotelevisione ...

, Logisma Editore,

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2017,

References

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