Luiz Gonzaga

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Luiz Gonzaga (1957).

Luiz Gonzaga (born December 13, 1912 in Exu , Pernambuco , Brazil , † August 2, 1989 in Recife ) was a singer , accordion player and composer . His great merit was to make the typical music of the Brazilian northeast known throughout the country, which is why he is also called O Rei do Baião , King of the Baião.

Life

Bronze statue of Luiz Gonzaga in Campina Grande , Paraíba.

Luiz Gonzaga grew up as the son of a farmer who used to play the Sanfona . From a young age he taught himself to play the accordion , the sanfona and the zabumba (a type of large bass drum), and he sang at festivals and religious ceremonies. When he dared to fall in love with a daughter from better circles and thereupon - as he later told - was beaten half to death by his own mother because of such impropriety, he and his Sanfona left their parents' house never to return. He got by with performances at dance festivals, where he played mainly the forró .

In 1930 he joined the army and played there in a military band until 1939. After that, he decided to live in Rio de Janeiro and earn his living in bars with boleros , waltzes and tangos . In 1941 he won first prize at the Ary Barroso talent competition with the title Vira e mexe . When he discovered that the immigrants from the northeast in the cosmopolitan city of Rio missed their native music, he added their typical styles such as Baião , Xaxado , Chamego and Côco to his repertoire. After recognizing this niche in the market, he was invited to perform regularly on radio broadcasts. In 1943 he began to wear typical north-east Brazilian costumes for his performances and thus became a cult figure. In 1945 he recorded his first records: the Mazurka Dança Mariquinha . Until 1954 he worked in the radio and set trends in the Baião music style.

Luiz Gonzaga is the most famous representative of Forró . After the advent of the bossa nova , his music was not played as often in the larger cities, but its popularity in rural areas remained unbroken.

In the 1970s and 1980s he played pieces by the well-known composers Caetano Veloso , Gilberto Gil , Milton Nascimento and his adopted son Gonzaguinha . Many of his well-known successful titles were created in collaboration with Humberto Teixeira .

Discography

  • 1956 - Aboios e Vaquejadas
  • 1957 - O Reino do Baião
  • 1958 - Xamego
  • 1961 - Luiz "LUA" Gonzaga
  • 1962 - Ô Véio Macho
  • 1962 - São João na Roça
  • 1963 - Pisa no Pilão (Festa do Milho)
  • 1964 - A Triste Partida
  • 1964 - Sanfona do Povo
  • 1965 - Quadrilhas e Marchinhas Juninas
  • 1967 - O Sanfoneiro do Povo de Deus
  • 1967 - Óia Eu Aqui de Novo
  • 1968 - Canaã
  • 1968 - Sao Joao do Araripe
  • 1970 - Sertão 70
  • 1971 - O Canto Jovem de Luiz Gonzaga
  • 1971 - São João Quente
  • 1972 - Aquilo Bom!
  • 1972 - Volta pra Curtir (Ao Vivo)
  • 1973 - A Nova Jerusalem
  • 1973 - Sangue de Nordestino
  • 1973 - Luiz Gonzaga
  • 1974 - Daquele Jeito ...
  • 1974 - O Fole Roncou
  • 1976 - Capim Novo
  • 1977 - Chá Cutuba
  • 1978 - Dengo Maior
  • 1979 - Eu e Meu Pai
  • 1979 - Quadrilhas e Marchinhas Juninas, vol. 2 - Vire Que Tem Forró
  • 1980 - O Homem da Terra
  • 1981 - A Festa
  • 1981 - A Vida do Viajante - Gonzagão e Gonzaguinha
  • 1982 - Eterno Cantador
  • 1983 - 70 Anos de Sanfona e Simpatia
  • 1984 - Danado de Bom
  • 1984 - Luiz Gonzaga & Fagner
  • 1985 - Sanfoneiro Macho
  • 1986 - Forró de Cabo a Rabo
  • 1987 - De Fiá Pavi
  • 1988 - Aí Tem
  • 1988 - Gonzagão & Fagner 2 - ABC do Sertão
  • 1989 - Vou Te Matar de Cheiro
  • 1989 - Aquarela Nordestina
  • 1989 - Forrobodó Cigano
  • 1989 - Luiz Gonzaga e sua Sanfona, vol. 2

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hans Keller: The vagabond with the hand organ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 14, 2012. International edition, p. 21.

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personal data
SURNAME Gonzaga, Luiz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian singer, accordionist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Exu , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH 2nd August 1989
Place of death Recife