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Vitorino
Vitorino Salomé Vieira (born 11 July 1942), commonly known simply as Vitorino, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. His music combines the Cante Alentejano, traditional music of his native region of Alentejo and urban popular song. Discography Albums * ''Semear Salsa ao Reguinho'' (LP, Orfeu, 1975) co-produced with Fausto Bordalo Dias * ''Se fores ao Alentejo'' * ''Semear salsa ao reguinho'' * ''Cantiga dum marginal do séc.XIX'' * ''A Primavera do Outono'' * ''Ó patrão dê-me um cigarro'' * ''São saias, senhor, são saias'' * ''Dizem p'ra 'í que chegou'' * ''Cantiga de uma greve de Verão'' * ''Temos a força dos ventos'' * ''O tudo é todo nosso'' * ''Menina estás à janela'' * ''Morra quem não tem amores'' * ''Vou-me embora vou partir'' * ''Os Malteses'' (LP, Orfeu, 1977) * ''Alentejo és nossa terra'' * ''Rouxinol repenica o cante'' * ''Oh Beja, terrível Beja'' * ''Barrancos és minha terra'' * ''Saias da União Cooperativa do Redondo'' * ''O maltês'' * ''Cantares do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redondo, Portugal
Redondo () is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2016 was 6, 567, in an area of 369.51 km2. History The area of Redondo municipality contains an important megalithic cluster, including the Anta da Vidigueira, Anta da Candeeira and Anta de Colmeeiro dolmens, or neolithic burial chambers. In 1250, a foral (''charter'') attributed to King D. Afonso III was issued to Redondo. At the same time, the king ordered the construction of a castle over the ruins of the ancient Roman fortress. Later, the town was ruled by the Count of Redondo starting in the 1500s. Administration The current Mayor is António José Recto, having been elected in 2013 as head of the same independent list his predecessor, Alfredo Falamino Barroso, previously commanded. The municipal holiday is Easter Monday. Parishes Administratively, the municipality is divided into 2 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Montoito * Redondo Notable people * Bruno Pires (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estado Novo (Portugal)
The ''Estado Novo'' (, lit. "New State") was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the '' Ditadura Nacional'' ("National Dictatorship") formed after the ''coup d'état'' of 28 May 1926 against the democratic but unstable First Republic. Together, the ''Ditadura Nacional'' and the ''Estado Novo'' are recognised by historians as the Second Portuguese Republic ( pt, Segunda República Portuguesa). The ''Estado Novo'', greatly inspired by conservative and autocratic ideologies, was developed by António de Oliveira Salazar, who was President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 until illness forced him out of office in 1968. The ''Estado Novo'' was one of the longest-surviving authoritarian regimes in Europe in the 20th century. Opposed to communism, socialism, syndicalism, anarchism, liberalism and anti-colonialism, the regime was conservative, corporatist, and nationalist in nature, defending Portugal's traditional Catholicism. Its pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cante Alentejano
Cante Alentejano is a Portuguese music genre based on vocal music without instrumentation from the Alentejo region. It was inscribed in 2014 in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, one of two Portuguese music traditions, the other being Fado. Its origins come from a similar popular music genre created in the region of Minde by campinos. It is said that the habit of singing without instruments was common in bullherding as a means to coordinate efforts among the campinos. See also * Alentejo * Music of Portugal Portuguese music includes many different styles and genres, as a result of its history. These can be broadly divided into classical music, traditional/folk music and popular music and all of them have produced internationally successful acts, with ... References Alentejo Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity Portuguese styles of music Portuguese words and phrases {{Portugal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alentejo
Alentejo ( , ) is a geographical, historical, and cultural region of south–central and southern Portugal. In Portuguese, its name means "beyond () the Tagus river" (''Tejo''). Alentejo includes the regions of Alto Alentejo and Baixo Alentejo. It corresponds to the districts of Beja, Évora, Portalegre, and Alentejo Litoral. Its main cities are Évora, Beja, Sines, Serpa, Estremoz, Elvas, and Portalegre. It has borders with Beira Baixa in the north, with Spain ( Andalucia and Extremadura) in the east, Algarve in the south, and the Atlantic Ocean, Ribatejo, and Estremadura in the west. Alentejo is a region known for its traditional polyphonic singing groups, similar to those found in Tuscany, Corsica, and elsewhere. History The comarca of the Alentejo became the Alentejo Province, divided into upper (Alto Alentejo Province) and lower (Baixo Alentejo Province) designations. The modern NUTS statistical region, Alentejo Region, was expropriated from the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Bordalo Dias
Fausto (), OL, born Carlos Fausto Bordalo Gomes Dias; 26 November 1948 in Atlantic Ocean, registered in , Trancoso, is a Portuguese composer and singer. Biography Although he was born aboard the ship Pátria when traveling between mainland Portugal and then Portuguese Angola, Fausto Bordalo Dias was registered in Vila Franca das Naves, Trancoso. It was in the former Portuguese overseas province of Angola that he formed his first band, Os Rebeldes. There, to the musicality of his Beira origin, he assimilated African rhythms. At 20, in Lisbon, where he settled in order to continue his studies - he graduated in political and social sciences at the then called Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Política Ultramarina, later renamed to Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas which belongs now to University of Lisbon - he released his first album, Fausto, with which he won the Revelation Award in 1969. Within the associative movement in Lisbon, he got close to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeca Afonso
Zeca may refer to: * José Afonso (1929–1987), Portuguese folk and political musician also known mononymously as Zeca * Zeca (footballer, born 1946), full name Jose Luiz Ferreira Rodrigues, Brazilian football manager known mononymously as Zeca * Zeca (footballer, born 1975), full name José António Gonçalves da Silva, Portuguese footballer known mononymously as Zeca * Zeca (footballer, born 1988), full name José Carlos Gonçalves Rodrigues, Portuguese-Greek footballer known mononymously as Zeca * Zeca (footballer, born 1990), David da Silva Lima, Brazilian football left-back * Zeca (footballer, born 1994), full name José Carlos Cracco Neto, Brazilian footballer known mononymously as Zeca * Zeca (footballer, born 1997), full name José Joaquim de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer known mononymously as Zeca * Zeca Amaral (born 1967), Angolan football manager * Zeca Baleiro (born 1966), Brazilian pop musician * Zeca Marques (born 1961), Portuguese South African footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Septeto Habanero
A septet is a formation containing exactly seven members. It is commonly associated with musical groups but can be applied to any situation where seven similar or related objects are considered a single unit, such as a seven-line stanza of poetry. In jazz, a septet is any group of seven players, usually containing a drum set, string bass or electric bass, and groups of one or two of the following instruments, guitar, piano, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, or trombone. See, for example, Miles Davis, and Chick Corea's 1984 album, Septet (album), ''Septet''. Classical and romantic period One of the most famous classical septets is Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven's Septet (Beethoven), Septet in E major, Op. 20, composed around 1799–1800, for soprano clarinet, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. The popularity of Beethoven's septet made its combination of instruments a standard for subsequent composers, including Conradin Kreutzer (Op. 62, 1822) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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