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VINICIUS DE MORAES

Vinicius de Moraes was born in Rio de Janeiro, on October 19, 1913. His father, Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes used to recite verses in Bilac's old fashion way, and his mother, D. Lydia, played guitars during family reunions. The son followed both vocations: as musician, composing his first songs still at Santo Inácio School at the side of Tapajós brothers; as poet, metaphysics so deeply embedded in his personality, then at the School of Law he published his first book "O Caminho para a Distância" (The Way to Distance).

The diplomatic career took him away from music for a while. In Los Angeles where he has been stationed during five years as a consul, he made acquaintance with the cinema. With "Orfeu da Conceição", musical film made in partnership with Antonio Carlos Jobim in the 50s, the musician has found himself. He composes with Pixinguinha, Carlos Lyra, Baden Powell and Edu Lobo. "Bossa Nova" adopts him as its "Guru". In August 1962, he made his first big show, at the Bon Gourmet nightclub, with Tom Jobim and João Gilberto. Nobody would take him away from the stages ever more.

Out of diplomacy, Vinicius becomes also a show-man a singer with a strange and tuned voice, a happy man who would enrich his songs with tales about life and unforgettable stories. Partnership with Toquinho, in his last ten years of life, took him to endless travels and university tours and made a star of him. Audience from Argentina and Italy in particular bowed before Vinicius. The results over his poetic career ms striking because poet and musician became only one.

 

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VINICIUS DE MORAES

Vinicius de Moraes nasceu em 19 de outubro de 1913, no Rio de Janeiro. Seu pai, Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, recitava versos ao estilo de Bilac e sua mãe, D. Lydia, dedilhável o violão em saraus de família. O filho seguiu as duas vocações: música, já no Colégio Santo Inácio fazia suas primeiras composições ao lado dos irmãos Tapajós; poeta, já na Faculdade de Direito publicava seu primeiro livro, O Caminho para a Distância, ainda encharcado de metafísica. A carreira diplomática o deixou, por algum tempo, meio afastado da música. Em Los Angeles, onde serviu como cônsul por cinco anos, aproximou-se do cinema. É com a montagem do Orfeu da Conceição, o musical composto em parceria com Antonio Carlos Jobim nos anos 50, que o músico se define. Torna-se parceiro de Pixinguinha, de Carlos Lyra, de Baden Powell e de Edu Lobo.

A Bossa Nova o adota como uma espécie de "Guru". Em agosto de 1962, faz seu primeiro grande show na boate Au Bon Gourmet, ao lado de Tom Jobim e de João Gilberto. Ninguém mais o tirou dos palcos. Fora da diplomacia, Vinicius se torna também um "show-man", um cantor de voz estranha e afinada um homem feliz a pontuar suas músicas com divagações sobre a vida e histórias inesquecíveis. A parceria com Toquinho, que domina os últimos dez anos de sua vida, o lança em excursões intermináveis circuitos universitários e o transforma numa estrela. Platéias da Argentina e da Itália, em especial, se dobram diante de Vinicius. O efeito em sua carreira poética é fulminante, porque poeta e músico se tornam um homem só.

JOSÉ CASTELLO JORNALISTA

 

 


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