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Hilário Jovino Ferreira
Hilário Jovino Ferreira, the Lalau de Ouro (21 October 1855 – 1 March 1933), was a Brazilian composer and lyricist who pioneered the genre of samba. He is considered the first carnival organizer. A constant presence in various manifestations of the popular culture of Rio de Janeiro, Ferreira was the creator of the first carnival "ranch", the "Rei de Ouros", and was responsible for presenting new concepts to Carnival such as the enredo, the use of chorded and wind instruments for carnival, as well as archetypes such as the coupling of the mestre-sala and porta-bandeira. Biography The son of freed slaves, Ferreira was born in 1855. Reliable sources diverge on his birthplace and birth year: it is suggested he was either born in Bahia or in Pernambuco, and was born in either 1855 or 1873. Though his place of birth has been contested by some, what is not contested is that he was raised in Bahia, raised in Afro-Brazilian culture and where he learned music. He would become a shipyar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahia
Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by area. Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador (formerly known as "Cidade do São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos", literally "City of the Holy Savior of the Bay of All the Saints"), on a Spit (landform), spit of land separating the Bay of All Saints from the Atlantic. Once a stronghold of supporters of direct rule of Brazil by the Portuguese monarchy, and dominated by Agriculture in Brazil, agricultural, Slavery in Brazil, slaving, and ranching interests, Bahia is now a predominantly Working class, working-class industrial and agricultural state. The state is home to 7% of the Brazilian population and produces 4.2% of the country's GDP. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caju Cemetery
The São Francisco Xavier Cemetery is the largest of the many necropolises that make up the group popularly known as the Caju Cemetery, located in the Caju neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro's North Zone. It is the largest cemetery in the state of Rio de Janeiro, covering 441,000 m2, and one of the largest in Brazil. The other cemeteries that make up the group of necropolises are the , the Cemetery of the Venerable Third Order of St. Francis of Penance and the Jewish Communal Cemetery of Caju. It was officially founded on 18 October 1851, in the same place where a slave cemetery had existed since 1839, and has been administered by the Concessionária Reviver since 2015, after more than 150 years of administration by the oly House of Mercy History The cemetery was originally located near São Cristóvão beach, but was replaced due to several instances of land reclamation. It was the former ''Campo da Misericórdia'' (''Field of Mercy''), used since 1839 when, on July 2, the body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Brazilian Male Musicians
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems and confirm cer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
