Mateus Aleluia Lima (b. 1943) is a Brazilian

singer-songwriter A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk- acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has ...

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ethnomusicologist Ethnomusicology is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context. The discipline investigates social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investiga ...

Biography

Mateus Aleluia was born in Cachoeira on September 25, 1943. Mateus joined the band Os Tincoãs in 1960 along with other members Heraldo and Dadinho. Heraldo later left the band and was replaced by Badú. In 1983, Os Tincoãs visited

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Martinho da Vila Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB. He is a prolific songwriter, with hundreds of recorded songs across over 40 solo albums. He ...

at the invitation of the Angolan government. Mateus and Dadinho decided to stay in Angola, but Badú returned to Brazil, thus breaking up the band. Mateus was hired by Angola's State Secretariat for Culture to develop a cultural research project on Pan-African musical heritage, and traveled the country to meet masters of various types of traditional music. Living in Angola for almost 20 years, Mateus also worked as an art teacher. He returned to Brazil in 2002.

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