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BRAZILIAN POPULAR MUSIC

HOMAGE TO ADONIRAN BARBOSA

Son of Italian immigrants from Venice, Adoniran Barbosa his real name was João Rubinato) was born in Valinhos, São Paulo, in 1910. His activities in the artistic field have involved many fronts: in radio he worked as speaker, show-man, radiosoap actor and comedian—this one also in television some years later. As "samba" composer he first appeared in the 40's.

Adoniran Barbosa, the most original of the São Paulo's samba composers, has depicted that city through songs of naive melodies and Lyrics of spaghetti style. The great originality of his works consists of mixing the ill spoken Portuguese of lower classes to the mispronounced popular language product of the melting pot formed by immigrants from different countries notably the Italians (reason of his spaghetti style, in a certain measure comparable in literature to the pre-modernist poet Juó Bananére, also born in São Paulo). A mix of humor and melancholy marked the way he sang the dramas of popular, humble and suffering characters living throughout the violence brought by the urbanization process.

Those characteristics are present in the great classics of the Brazilian popular music he has composed such as: "Saudosa Maloca", "Samba do Arnesto", "Trem das Onze", "Iracema", "Tiro ao Álvaro". Among the less known works, Adoniran has composed a song with Vinicius de Moraes—"Bom Dia, Tristeza", first recorded by Aracy de Almeida. His major interpreter was the vocal-instrumental group "Demônios da Garoa", but many other singers have sung his songs such as the most recent generation of the Brazilian Popular Music: João Gilberto, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Rita Lee and João Bosco. Adoniran died in São Paulo in 1982.

Together with Paulo Vanzolini, Adoniran Barbosa is the greatest name of the history of "samba" in São Paulo and one of the greatest of the country.

CARLOS RENNO Composer and Journalist Co-ordinator of Music Museum of Image and Sound of São Paulo


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HOMENAGEM A ADONIRAN BARBOSA

Filho de imigrantes italianos vindos de Veneza, Adoniran Barbosa (João Rubinato foi seu verdadeiro nome) nasceu em Valinhos, interior de São Paulo, em 1910. No campo artístico humorista funçãosua atuação foi diversificada. Em rádio trabalhou como locutor, animador, ator de radionovela e humorista—função que exerceu mais tarde também na televisão. Como compositor de samba ele começou a aparecer nos anos quarenta.

Adoniran Barbosa, o mais original dos sambistas paulistas, retratou São Paulo com músicas de melodias ingênuas e letras criadas em estilo macarrônico. A grande originalidade de sua obra reside no fato de ter mixado o português mal falado das classes baixas à linguagem popular estropiada, íruto do encontro de diversos grupos de imigrantes, notadamente o italiano (deste o seu macarronismo, em certa medida associável, no campo literário, ao de um poeta pré-modernista também de São Paulo, Juó Bananére). Um misto de humor e melancolia marcou a forma com que ele cantou os dramas de personagens populares humildes e sofridos, em meio à violência do processo de urbanização.

Características como essas estão presentes nos grandes clássicos do cancioneiro brasileiro que criou: "Saudosa Maloca", "Samba do Arnesto", "Trem das Onze", "Iracema", "Tiro ao Álvaro". Entre outros parceiros menos conhecidos, Adoniran chegou a compor uma canção com Vinicius de Moraes—"Bom Dia, Tristeza"—, gravada inicialmente por Aracy de Almeida. Seu principal intérprete foi o conjunto vocalinstrumental Demônios da Garoa, mas vários outros artistas cantaram músicas suas, entre eles nomes das gerações mais modernas da MPB: João Gilberto, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Rita Lee e João Bosco. Sua morte ocorreu em São Paulo, em 1982.

Ao lado de Paulo Vanzolini, Adoniran Barbosa é o maior nome da história do samba em São Paulo e um dos maiores do Brasil.

CARLOS RENNÓ Compositor e Jornalista, Coordenador de Música do Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo

 

 


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