Rosa, Noel

Rosa, Noel (1910-1937)

            Rosa, Noel (de Medeiros) was a Brazilian singer and composer who was born in 1910 and died in 1937. He thought himself a lot of what he knew. He began to play the mandolin when he was 13 years old. His father and friends then taught him how to play the guitar. By 1925 he was playing at events nearby. After that he then joined the group “Bando de Tangaras.” His first recording happened in 1929. His focus was on sambas. He was the first one to show “empathy with the plight of the urban poor”.

            He has 259 known compositions which were all mostly sambas. Many of those samba works were very popular and Rio’s carnivals. One of his special sambas was “samba de breque”. He had signs of having tuberculosis and was a heavy smokers that could both have contributed to his death at age 26.

Bibliography:

Gerard Béhague. "Rosa, Noel." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 11 Mar. 2012 <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/43505>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Rosa

Discography:

• "A.E.I.O.U." (with Lamartine Babo, 1931)
• "Até amanhã" (1932)
• "Cem mil réis" (with Vadico, 1936)
• "Com que roupa?" (1929)
• "Conversa de botequim" (with Vadico, 1935)
• "Coração" (1932)
• "Cor de cinza" (1933)
• "Dama do cabaré" (1934)
• "De babado" (with João Mina, 1936)
• "É bom parar" (with Rubens Soares, 1936)
• "Feitiço da Vila" (with Vadico, 1936)
• "Feitio de oração" (with Vadico, 1933)
• "Filosofia" (with André Filho, 1933)
• "Fita amarela" (1932)
• "Gago apaixonado" (1930)
• "João Ninguém" (1935)
• "Mama de farinha" (with Hélio Rosa, 1943)
• "Minha viola" (1929)
• "Mulher indigesta"
• "Não tem tradução" (1933)
• "O orvalho vem caindo" (with Kid Pepe, 1933)
• "O X do problema" (1936)
• "Palpite infeliz" (1935)
• "Para me livrar do mal" (with Ismael Silva, 1932)
• "Pastorinhas" (with João de Barro, 1934)
• "Pela décima vez" (1935)
• "Pierrô apaixonado" (with Heitor dos Prazeres, 1935)
• "Positivismo" (with Orestes Barbosa, 1933)
• "Pra que mentir" (with Vadico, 1937)
• "Provei" (with Vadico, 1936)
• "Quando o samba acabou (1933)
• "Quem dá mais?" (1930)
• "Quem ri melhor" (1936)
• "São coisas nossas" (1936)
• "Tarzan, o filho do alfaiate" (1936)
• "Três apitos" (1933)
• "Último desejo" (1937)
• "Você só...mente" (with Hélio Rosa, 1933)

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