Pixinguinha

Pixinguinha ( born April 23, 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, † February 17, 1973 ibid ), Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho actually was a Brazilian musician, singer, composer and conductor. He anchored the saxophone in Brazilian popular music and wrote about 600 Choros, many of which have become classics.

Life and work

Pixinguinha comes from a musical family; his father Alfredo da Rocha Viana was flutist. After first flute lessons from his father, he was taught by Irineu de Almeida; his first compositions he wrote at age 14. Even as a 15 -year-old he appeared with his flute to wherever their elders made ​​music so that he described as " rogue " (, pinzinguim ') was scolded, from which derives his nickname. In 1912 he began to work professionally as a musician in the revues, cinemas and cabarets. Since 1919, he starred in the octet Oito Batutas, with whom he eventually expanded the traditional choro instrumentation of two guitars, cavaquinho and flute to the timbres of saxophone, trumpet and other wind instruments and percussion instruments such as Reco -reco, pandeiro and Ganzá. He also established the counterpoint as the basis for the choro and its improvisations.

1922 Pixinguinha performed with the Os Batutas that emerged from the ensemble, on in Europe; to play in larger halls, he switches on the soprano saxophone. 1930 sparked Pixinguinha to the orchestra and focused mainly on the career as a composer, arranger and leader of Studio Orchestra Orquestra Victor Brasileira. His compositions have been made ​​famous by artists such as Francisco Alves and Mário Reis.

In 1939 he became a member of the group of Benedito Lacerda, where he focused on the tenor saxophone (and thus the second voice ) concentrated. In the 1940s he was involved in recordings of Brazilian music, which were initiated by Leopold Stokowski for Columbia Records. Despite the recognition by colleagues and friends Pixinguinha could only rarely occur in the last two decades, as the choro was barely noticed more. In 1963, he co-wrote with Vinicius de Moraes the music for the feature film sol sobre a Lama.

Selections

  • A Pombinha ( with Donga )
  • A vida é to buraco
  • Agüenta, seu Fulgencio
  • Ai eu queria ( with Vidraça )
  • Ainda existe
  • Amigo do povo
  • Assim é que é
  • Benguelê
  • Bianca ( with Andreoni )
  • Buque de flores ( with W. Falcão )
  • Cafezal em flor ( with Eugênio Fonseca )
  • Carinhos
  • Carinhoso ( with João de Barro )
  • Carnavá tá aí ( with Josué de Barros )
  • Casado na orgia ( with João da Baiana )
  • Casamento do coronel Cristino
  • Céu do Brasil ( with Gomes Filho )
  • Chorei
  • Chorinho no parque São Jorge ( Salgado Filho with )
  • Cochichando ( with João de Barro and Alberto Ribeiro )
  • Conversa de crioulo ( with Donga and João de Baiana )
  • Dança dos ursos
  • Dando topada
  • Desprezado
  • Displicente
  • Dominant
  • Encantadora
  • Estou voltando
  • Fala Baixinho ( with Hermínio Bello de Carvalho )
  • Festa de branco ( with Baiano )
  • Foi Muamba ( with Índio )
  • Fonte abandonada ( with Índio )
  • Fratenidade
  • Gavião calçudo
  • Glória
  • Guiomar ( with Baiano )
  • Ha! ugh! lá! ho! ( with Donga and João da Baiana )
  • Harmonia das flores ( with Herminio Bello de Carvalho )
  • Infantile
  • Iolanda
  • Isso é que é viver ( with Herminio Bello de Carvalho )
  • Isto não se faz ( with Herminio Bello de Carvalho )
  • Já Andei ( with Donga and João da Baiana )
  • Já te digo ( with China)
  • Jardim de Ilara ( with C. M. Costal )
  • Knock -out
  • Lamento ( with Vinícius de Moraes )
  • Lamentos
  • Lá - ré
  • Leonor
  • Levante, meu nego
  • Lusitânia ( with F. G. D. )
  • Corn quinze dias
  • Mom, meu Netinho ( with Jararaca )
  • Mamãe isabe ( with João da Baiana )
  • Marreco agua transverse
  • Meu coração não te cross ( with E. Almeida )
  • Wed Tristezas solo iloro
  • Mulata baiana ( with Gastão Viana )
  • Mulher boemia
  • Mundo melhor ( with Vinícius de Moraes )
  • Não gostei dos teus olhos ( with João da Baiana )
  • Não posso mais
  • Naquele tempo
  • Nasci pra Domador ( with Valfrido Silva )
  • No elevador
  • Noite and dia ( with W. Falcão )
  • Nostalgia ao luar
  • Número to
  • O meu conselho
  • Onde foi isabe
  • Oscarina
  • Paciente
  • Página de dor ( with Índio )
  • Papagaio Sabido ( with C. Araújo )
  • Patrão, prenda seu gado ( with Donga and João da Baiana )
  • Pé de mulata
  • Poema de raça ( with Z. rice and Benedito Lacerda )
  • Poética
  • Por Voce fiz o que pude ( with Beltrão )
  • Pretenciosa
  • Promessa
  • Que perigo
  • Que Quéré ( with Donga and João da Baiana )
  • Quem foi que disse
  • Raiado ( with Gastão Viana )
  • Rancho abandonado ( with Índio )
  • Recordando
  • Pink ( with Otávio de Souza )
  • Pink
  • Samba de fato ( with Baiano )
  • Samba de nego
  • Samba do urubu
  • Samba fúnebre ( with Vinícius de Moraes )
  • Samba na areia
  • Sapequinha
  • Saudade do cavaquinho ( with Muraro )
  • Seresteiro
  • Sofres porque queres
  • Solidão
  • Sonho da Índia ( with N. N. and Duque )
  • Stella ( with de Castro and Souza )
  • Teu aniversário
  • Teus ciúmes
  • Triangular
  • Tristezas não pagam dívidas
  • To caso perdido
  • Uma festa de Nanã ( with Gastão Viana )
  • Urubu
  • Vamos brincar
  • Variações sobre o and o urubu Gavião
  • Vem cá! não vou!
  • Vi o pombo Geme ( with Donga and João da Baiana )
  • Você é bamba ( with Baiano )
  • Você não deve beber ( with Manuel Ribeiro )
  • Vou pra casa
  • Xou Kuringa ( with Donga and João da Baiana )
  • Yao africano ( with Gastão Viana )
  • Zé Barbino ( with Jararaca )
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