Ademilde Fonseca (nicknamed Queen of Chorinho; March 4, 1921, in
São Gonçalo do Amarante – March 27, 2012, in
Rio de Janeiro
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) was a Brazilian
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 ...
singer, a genre of music that fuses popular European music and the music of African slaves.
Biography
Ademilde Fonseca was popularly known as the "Queen of Chorinho". She was born on March 4, 1921, in Pirituba area of São Gonçalo do Amarante,
Rio Grande do Norte
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in the
Northeast Region of Brazil. She died of a heart attack on March 27, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. at the age of 91 Fonseca produced 6 albums in her lifetime that sold more than 500,000 copies.
Fonseca is noted as the originator of the Choro music, a genre that blends the sound of popular European music (polka and waltz) and the music of African slaves.
Fonseca grew up in
Natal
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, where she performed early and married the musician Naldimar Gedeão Delfim. In 1941, the couple moved to Rio and Fonseca appeared in Renato Murce's show Papel Carbono. The following year she had a first hit with ''
Tico-tico no Fuba'' with the band of
Benedito Lacerda
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. In 1943 she recorded ''
Apanhei-te, cavaquinho
''"Apanhei-te, cavaquinho"'' () is a polka originally written for piano by Brazilians, Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth. One of the most popular pieces by Nazareth, it was finished around 1914.
Composition
This polka was written at a time w ...
'' and ''Urubu Malandro'', which led to a successful career as a singer. In 1944 she got a contract with the radio station Rádio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro, and worked for more than 10 years at the station. In 1945 she played the polka ''Rato, Rato,'' which is considered a classic of the Choro genre and earned her the title "Rainha do Choro", or the Queen of Choro.
Discography
1. ''Brasileirinho'' (1952
References
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1921 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Brazilian women singers
20th-century Brazilian singers