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Quarteto em Cy (a play on words of the Portuguese for Quartet in B by poet and lyricist Vinícius de Moraes) was a Brazilian girl group originally composed of four sisters hailing from Ibirataia, a town located in the Brazilian state of Bahia: Cybele, Cylene, Cynara and Cyva — their real first names.

== History ==

They started performing in 1959, appearing on local television in that year. Cyva, the leader of the group, then moved to Rio de Janeiro, and persuaded her three sisters to join her there. They then started to make regular appearances in the boates (small nightclubs) of Rio, particularly Bottle's bar and the legendary Zum-Zum, where they caught the attention of Vinicius de Moraes and other prominent figures of the bossa nova scene. Their first album was released in 1964, and was to be followed by regular releases up to the late '90s, at the frequency of one a year, and sometimes more. Connoisseurs of MPB and tropicalia have a particular regard for the first few years of their recording career, when they were signed to Brazil's most daring label, Elenco.

The Quarteto em Cy, noted for the precision of the vocalists' intonation and delivery, performed and recorded with almost every single major Brazilian artist of the '60s and '70s; their popularity exceeded and still exceeds the borders of their native country. They met with great success in America in the mid-sixties, and have a considerable following in Japan, where they still tour regularly.

The line-up of the quartet (which briefly split up, from 1970 to 1972) has changed a great deal over the years. However, the formation with Cyva and Sonya was kept active for many years since 1980, by far the most stable period in the group's history.

On 21 August 2014, Cybele died of a lung ischemia at her home in Rio de Janeiro. She was 74. Cynara died on 11 April 2023, at the age of 78. Cyva died on 22 October 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 85.

== Discography ==

1964: Quarteto em Cy

1965: Vinícius/Caymmi no Zum Zum – with Quarteto em Cy and Oscar Castro Neves

1965: Caymmi and The Girls From Bahia – Quarteto em Cy and Dorival Caymmi

1966: Som Definitivo – Quarteto em Cy and Tamba Trio

1966: Os Afro-Sambas – Quarteto em Cy, Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell

1966: The Girls From Bahia/Pardon My English

1966: Quarteto em Cy

1967: De Marré de Cy

1967: ¡Revolución con Brasilia!/The Girls From Bahia

1968: Em Cy Maior

1972: Quarteto em Cy

1974: Saravá, Vinicius! Vinicius de Moraes en São Paulo Con Toquinho y Quarteto em Cy

1975: Antologia do Samba Canção

1976: Antologia do Samba Canção/volume 2

1977: Resistindo Ao Vivo

1978: Querelas do Brasil

1978: Cobra de Vidro – Quarteto em Cy e MPB4

1979: Quarteto em Cy Em 1000 Kilohertz

1980: Flicts – Quarteto em Cy, MPB4 and Sérgio Ricardo

1980: Quarteto em Cy interpreta Gonzaguinha, Caetano, Ivan, Milton

1981: Caymmis, Lobos e Jobins/Caminhos Cruzados

1983: Pontos de Luz

1989: Claudio Santoro Prelúdios e Canções de Amor

1990: Os Afro-Sambas – Quarteto em Cy, Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell

1991: Chico em Cy

1992: Bossa em Cy

1993: Vinícius em Cy

1994: Tempo e Artista

1996: Brasil em Cy

1997: Bate-Boca – Quarteto em Cy e MPB4

1998: Somos Todos Iguais – Quarteto em Cy and MPB4, with Ivan Lins and Djavan

1999: Gil e Caetano em Cy

2000: Vinícius A Arte do Encontro – Quarteto em Cy and MPB4

2001: Falando de Amor pra Vinícius Ao Vivo – Quarteto em Cy and Luiz Cláudio Ramos

2001: Hora da Criança

2002: Quarteto em Cy

2004: Quarteto em Cy Quarenta Anos

2006: Samba em Cy

== Bibliography ==

Enciclopédia da música brasileira: erudita, folclórica e popular. São Paulo, Art Editora, 2000

== References ==

== External links ==

Quarteto em Cy discography at Discogs

Source: Wikipedia ↗