Quinteto Armorial (en: Armorial Quintet) was an important Brazilian instrumental music group formed in
Recife
Recife ( , ) is the Federative units of Brazil, state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North Region, Brazil, North and the Northeast R ...
in 1970. They recorded four LPs until the end of the group in 1980.
The proposal of the Armorial Quintet was to create an
erudite chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...
with popular roots, the group managed to perform a synthesis work between classical music and the popular traditions of the
Northeast
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, in addition to the
medieval
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Galaic-Portuguese.
It is considered the most important group to create a Brazilian classical chamber music of popular roots.
Its foundation was a dream of writer
Ariano Suassuna
Ariano Vilar Suassuna (; 16 June 1927 – 23 July 2014) was a Brazilian playwright and author. He was the driving force behind the creation of the ''Movimento Armorial''. He founded the Student Theater at Federal University of Pernambuco.
Four ...
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Brazilian musical groups