Carlos Alberto Ferreira
Braga (March 29 1907 – December 24 2006), commonly known as Braguinha
("Little Braga") or João de Barro ("the Hornero"), was a Brazilian
songwriter and occasional singer.
He was
born in Rio de
Janeiro
, where he lived all his life. Braga studied
architecture in his youth, and, when he
started to write songs, he adopted the pseudonym "João de Barro"
(the name of a bird that builds elaborate mud nests), as his father
wouldn't approve of seeing the family name associated with the
world of
samba and popular music, then on the
fringes of society.
Braguinha is most famous for his
Carnaval marchinhas (a genre of
light-hearted songs related rhythmically to the military
march). Many of those, some composed as early
as the 1930s, have become standards of Brazilian popular music,
being sung by revellers year after year during Carnaval
celebrations. His
marchinhas have been recorded by some of
the best-known Carnaval singers of the 20th century, such as
Carmen Miranda.
In 1937, Braguinha wrote the lyrics to "
Carinhoso", composed by
Pixinguinha twenty years earlier. The
sophisticated
samba-choro would become one of
the most recorded songs in Brazilian musical history. Another
beloved classic, the lyrical "Pastorinhas", was written in
collaboration with legendary samba composer
Noel Rosa.
He died on a
Christmas Eve, at the age
of 99; the official cause of death was described as
multiple organ failure caused by a
general infection.
Selected discography
- Pra vancê/Coisas da roça (1929) Parlophon 78
- Desengano/Assombração (1929) Parlophon 78
- Salada (1929) Parlophon 78
- Não quero amor nem carinho (1930) Parlophon 78
- Dona Antonha (1930) Parlophon 78
- Minha cabrocha/A mulher e a carroça (1930) Parlophon 78
- Quebranto (1930) Parlophon 78
- Mulata (1931) Parlophon 78
- Cor de prata/Nega (1931) Parlophon 78
- Tu juraste… eu jurei/Vou à Penha rasgado (1931) Parlophon
78
- Samba da boa vontade/Picilone (1931) 13.344 78
- O amor é um bichinho/Lua cheia (1932) Parlophon 78
- João de Barro (1972) RCA Victor LP
- Viva Braguinha (1985) LP
- João de Barro e Coisas Nossas (1983) Funarte LP
- Yes, nós temos Braguinha (1998) Funarte/Atração CD
- João de Barro (Braguinha) — Nasce um compositor (1999)
Revivendo CD
- João de Barro — A música do século, por seus autores e
intérpretes (2000) Sesc São Paulo CD
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