Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado, Jr. (or Callado;
Rio de Janeiro
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, July 11, 1848 – Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 1880) was a Brazilian
composer
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and
flautist
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.
[David P. Appleby Heitor Villa-Lobos: a life (1887-1959) - 2002 - Page 16 "A virtuoso flutist, Joaquim Antonio da Silva Calado (1848-1880), organized a group in this period, the Choro Carioca. The typical choro group consisted of solo flute and various guitarlike instruments, usually cavaquinhos (small guitarlike "]
Da Silva is considered one of the creators of the ''choro'' genre of music. His band, '' O Choro do Callado'', used an ebony flute, two guitars and a
cavaquinho
The cavaquinho (pronounced in Portuguese) is a small Portuguese string instrument in the European guitar family, with four wires or gut strings.
A cavaquinho player is called a ''cavaquista''.
Tuning
A common tuning in Portugal is C G& ...
, and was noted for facility at improvisation. Da Silva wrote and co-authored many
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 fa ...
s, as a new way of interpreting
modinha Modinha is the affectionate (grammatically called 'diminutive') form of the Portuguese noun "moda", meaning "fashion". The word "moda" is also used in Portugal, today, generally referring to traditional regional songs. In Portugal, "modinha" was, fr ...
s,
lundus,
waltz
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es and
polka
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s. His work was an inspiration to his friend and pupil,
Viriato Figueira, and his friend and band member, the female composer
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, better known as Chiquinha Gonzaga (; October 17, 1847 – February 28, 1935) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and the first woman conductor in Brazil.
Chiquinha Gonzaga was the first pianist of " choro" and ...
.
Works
* ''Adelaide''
* ''Ai, Que Gozos''
* ''Aurora''
* ''Characteristic Whim''
* ''Capricious''
* ''Carnival of 1867''
* ''Celeste''
* ''Choro''
* ''The Five Goddesses''
* ''As It Is Good''
* ''Conceicao''
* ''Comforter''
* ''Cruzes, Minha Prima!''
* ''The Affected One''
* ''The Desired One''
* ''Ermelinda''
* ''Ernestina''
* ''The Meyer Family''
* ''Fancy for Flute''
* ''Loving Flower''
* ''The Flowers of the Heart''
* ''Florinda''
* ''Hermeneutics''
* ''Honorata''
* ''Iman''
* ''Improvisation''
* ''Isabel''
* ''Laudelina''
* ''Souvenir of the Wharf of Glory''
* ''Language of the Heart''
* ''Fanado Iris''
* ''Characteristic Lundu''
* ''Manuela''
* ''Manuelita''
* ''Maria Carlota''
* ''Mariquinhas''
* ''Mimosa''
* ''I Do Not Say''
* ''What is Good, is Good!''
* ''Pagodeira''
* ''Dangerous''
* ''Bigger Polka in D''
* ''Polucena''
* ''Puladora''
* ''Wanted For All''
* ''Kerosene''
* ''The Return of Chico Triguera''
* ''Rosinha''
* ''Salome''
* ''Saturnine''
* ''Homesickness for the Wharf of Glory''
* ''Homesickness for Inauma''
* ''Saudosa''
* ''The Seducer''
* ''Sousinha''
* ''Sigh''
* ''Sighs of a Maiden''
* ''Last Sigh''
* ''Commercial Union''
* ''Waltz''
* ''August Twenty-first''
* ''June Twenty-first''
References
*
:pt:Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado Portuguese Wikipedia article on Joaquim Antonio da Silva Calado Junior
1848 births
1880 deaths
Brazilian composers
Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian flautists
Choro musicians
19th-century Brazilian composers
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