A Música De Donga

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Elizeth Moreira Cardoso (sometimes listed as Elisete Cardoso) (July 16, 1920 – May 7, 1990), was a singer and actress of great renown in Brazil.

== Biography ==

Cardoso was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 16, 1920; her father was a serenader who played guitar, and her mother was an amateur singer. Elizeth began working at an early age and between 1930 and 1935 was a store clerk and hairdresser among other things. She was discovered by Jacob do Bandolim at her 16th birthday party, to which he was brought by her cousin Pedro, a popular figure among the musicians of the day. Jacó took her to Rádio Guanabara where, in spite of her father's initial opposition, she appeared on the Programa Suburbano with Vicente Celestino, Araci de Almeida, Moreira da Silva, Noel Rosa and Marília Batista on August 18, 1936. The week after, she was hired by the station to appear on a weekly program. Following this, she continued to perform on various shows with multiple radio stations. In the 1960s, she had her own radio show.

Due to her low pay, in 1939 she began to perform at clubs, movie theaters and other venues. She met with considerable success and her popularity increased significantly. In 1950, thanks to the support of Ataulfo Alves, she recorded Braços vazios (Acir Alves and Edgard G. Alves) and Mensageiro da saudade (Ataulfo Alves and José Batista), but the album was unsuccessful. Her next recording, also in 1950, met with popular approval. The album included "Canção de amor" (Chocolate and Elano de Paula), and the samba "Complexo" (Wilson Batista). The great success of "Canção de amor" led her, in 1951, to appear on the first television program in Rio de Janeiro on TV Tupi and helped launch her film career. She appeared in Coração materno, by Gilda de Abreu, and Watson Macedo’s É fogo na roupa.

In 1958, Cardoso was invited by Vinicius de Moraes to be the singer of an album of songs written by himself and Tom Jobim. Canção do Amor Demais became the first album of bossa nova music, launching the new genre. The album was released on the Festa label. While Cardoso was not primarily considered a bossa nova singer, she is the vocalist on the original version of the bossa classic "Manhã de Carnaval" from the Orfeu Negro soundtrack.

Cardoso continued to sing and act with great success until her death. By the end of her life, she had released well over 40 albums in Brazil, Portugal and other countries. During almost seven decades of artistic life, she interpreted many forms of music, but her base was always sambaed, which she performed with great personality, and which earned her nicknames such as: A Noiva do Samba-Canção (the Bride of Samba), Lady do Samba, A Magnifica (the Magnificent One), and the one most connected with her name, A Divina (the Divine One).

Cardoso died of cancer on May 7, 1990, at the age of 69.

== Tribute ==

On July 16, 2021, Google celebrated Cardoso's 101st birthday with a Google Doodle.

== Discography ==

=== Compilation albums ===

Raízes do Samba

== References ==

== External links ==

All Music

(in English) + (in French) History of BOSSA NOVA with audio and video samples, by ABDB

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Leci Brandão (Portuguese pronunciation: [leˈsi brɐ̃nˈdɐ̃w], Rio de Janeiro, September 12, 1944) is a Brazilian politician, singer and composer of Brazilian Popular Music (Música Popular Brasileira or MPB). She is the daughter of Dona Lecy (Lecy de Assumpção Brandão). Her performance of "Quero Sim" won the National Meeting of Samba Composers in 1973 and her debut album came out in 1974. She received other awards during her career and, in the 1980s, she became a popular commentator for Brazil's TV channel's coverage of famous samba school carnival parades.

One of Leci Brandão's latest performances was in 2005 with Raça Brasileira: 20 Anos (DVD: 'Raca Brasileira', rated NR, one hour/2005) with many other Brazilian samba greats (i.e. Beth Carvalho, Arlindo Cruz, Almir Guineto, etc.).

As a Black Brazilian, a woman, and an artist, Leci Brandão has long taken opportunities to declare herself against racism and all other forms of discrimination. She came out as gay in an interview in 1978. She has lent her name, voice and cache by performing in LGBT events against homophobia. In the 2012 carnival, she was honored by the Escola de samba Acadêmicos do Tatuapé.

== Political career ==

She was a councillor on race equality and women's rights for President Lula's first government.

In February 2010, Leci Brandão joined the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) and ran for State Representative for the state of São Paulo, being elected with over 85,000 votes, reelected in 2014 with 71,000 votes, in 2018 with over 64,000, and in 2022 with 90,496 votes. With her last re-election, Leci became the first black woman to serve 4 consecutive terms in the history of ALESP.

As a parliamentarian, Leci Brandão claims to be dedicated to promoting racial equality, respect for religions of African matrix, and Brazilian culture. The second black congresswoman in the history of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (the first was Dr. Theodosina Rosário Ribeiro), Leci also raises the issue of indigenous and quilombola populations, youth, women, and the LGBTQ+ segment.

And in 2019, Leci was one of the deputies to sign the PL of the project "Menstruation without taboo", which aimed to combat menstrual poverty through the distribution of pads for women in poverty along the lines of countries like Scotland.

== Discography ==

(1974) A música de Donga • Discos Marcus Pereira (pt) • LP

(1974) Leci Brandão • Selo Marcus Pereira • Compacto Duplo

(1975) Antes que eu volte a ser nada • Selo Marcus Pereira • LP

(1976) Questão de gosto • Polydor • LP

(1977) Coisas do meu pessoal • Polydor • LP

(1979) Metades • Polydor • LP

(1980) Essa tal criatura • Polydor • LP

(1985) Leci Brandão • Copacabana Discos (pt) • LP

(1987) Dignidade • Copacabana Discos • LP

(1988) Um beijo no seu coração • Copacabana Discos • LP

(1989) As coisas que mamãe me ensinou • Copacabana Discos • LP

(1990) Cidadã brasileira • Copacabana Discos • CD

(1995) Anjos da guarda • RGE • CD

(1995) Atitudes • RGE • CD

(1996) Sucessos de Leci Brandão • Copacabana Discos • CD

(1996) Somos da mesma tribo • Movieplay (pt) • CD

(1999) Auto-estima • Trama Music (pt) • CD

(2000) Os melhores do ano II – ao vivo • Indie Records • CD

(2000) Eu sou assim • Trama • CD

(2000) Casa de samba 4 • Universal Music • CD

(2001) Leci & convidados • Indie Records • CD

(2002) Jorge Aragão ao vivo convida • Indie Records

(2002) A filhada Dona Lecy – ao vivo • Indie Records • CD

(2002) Os melhores do ano III • Indie Records • CD

(2003) A cara do povo • Indie Records • CD

(2007) Canções afirmativas – Ao vivo • Indie Records

(2008) Eu e o Samba • Som Livre • CD

(2010) Disney Adventures in Samba (participação) • Walt Disney Records • DVD

(2010) Disney Adventures in Samba (participação) • Walt Disney Records • CD

(2011) Isso é Leci Brandão (coletânea) • Microservice • CD

(2011) O canto livre de Leci Brandão (coletânea) • Universal Music • CD

(2011) Uma flor para Nelson Cavaquinho (participação) • Lua Music • CD

(2017) Simples Assim – Leci Brandão • produção independente • CD

== Filmography ==

1996: Xica da Silva

2007: Antônia: O Filme

2010: Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora é Outro

2015: O Samba

== References ==

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Ernesto Joaquim Maria dos Santos, better known as Donga, (April 5, 1890 – August 25, 1974) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He composed what is considered the first recorded samba, the 1916 song Pelo Telefone.

== Life and career ==

Donga was born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Pedro Joaquim Maria and Amélia Silvana de Araújo; he had eight siblings. His father was a bricklayer and played the euphonium in his spare time; his mother was the known Tia Amélia from the group of tias baianas of Cidade Nova and liked to sing modinhas and promoted countless parties.

He participated in the musical gatherings at the home of Tia Ciata, alongside João da Baiana, Pixinguinha, Hilário Jovino Ferreira and others. A big fan of Mário Cavaquinho, he started playing that instrument by ear, at the age of 14. Shortly afterwards he learned to play the guitar, studying with Quincas Laranjeiras. In November 1916 he registered in the National Library of Brazil the recording of Pelo Telefone, considered the first recorded samba in history.

He organized with Pixinguinha the Orquestra Típica Donga-Pixinguinha. In 1919, together with Pixinguinha and six other musicians, he joined, as a guitarist, the group Oito Batutas, which toured Europe in 1922.

In 1926 he joined the band Carlito Jazz band.

In 1940 Donga recorded nine compositions (among sambas, toadas, macumbas and lundus) from the album Native Brazilian Music, organized by two conductors: Leopold Stokowski and Heitor Villa-Lobos, released in the United States by Columbia.

At the end of the 50s he returned to perform with the group Velha Guarda, in shows organized by Almirante.

== Personal life and death ==

In 1932 Donga married Zaíra de Oliveira, also a musician, with whom he had a daughter, Lígia. Zaíra died in 1951; Donga married again in 1953 and went to live in the neighborhood of Aldeia Campista, where he retired as a retired bailiff. Sick and almost blind, he lived his last days at the Retiro dos Artistas, dying in 1974. He is buried in the São João Batista Cemetery.

Elson Nascimento, most well known as a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, is one of Donga's direct descendants.

== References ==

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