Ronaldo Fernando Esquerdo Bôscoli, usually known as Ronaldo Bôscoli, or just Bôscoli (October 28, 1928 in
Rio de Janeiro
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– November 18, 1994) was a Brazilian
composer,
songwriter
A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...
,
record producer
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and
journalist
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.
He was very active and significant in the creation and development of the
Bossa nova
Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ...
style in Brazil.
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References
Brazilian songwriters
Brazilian composers
1928 births
1994 deaths
Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Bossa nova singers
Brazilian journalists
Brazilian record producers
20th-century Brazilian male singers
20th-century Brazilian singers
20th-century journalists
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