Jayme Guilherme Caetano Braun ( Bossoroca, January 30, 1924 –

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, July 8, 1999) was a Brazilian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...

ian,

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and

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. Jayme was the most famous

payador The ''payada'' is a folk music tradition native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brasil, and south Paraguay as part of the ''Gaucho'' culture and literature. In Chile it is called ''paya'' and performed by ''huasos''. It is a performance of impr ...

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and had great participation in the dissemination of the gaúcho culture in Brazil and the world. Between 1973 and 1988, he had a weekly radio program on Radio Guaíba.

Bibliography

*1954 - ''Galpão de Estância'' *1958 - ''De Fogão em Fogão'' *1965 - ''Potreiro de Guaxos'' *1966 - ''Bota de Garrão'' *1966 - ''Brasil Grande do Sul'' *1966 - ''Passagens Perdidas'' *1990 - ''Payador e Troveiro'' *1996 - ''50 Anos de Poesia''

Discography

*1993 - ''Paisagens Perdidas'' *1993 - ''Poemas Gaúchos'' 1924 births 1999 deaths Brazilian composers 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian people of German descent Culture in Rio Grande do Sul People from Rio Grande do Sul 20th-century composers {{Brazil-composer-stub