The unrivaled queen of the portuguese fado, singer amalia rodrigues was born in lisbon in 1920. Amalia rebordao rodrigues gcse, gcih 23 july 1920 6 october 1999. This cd compilation highlights the period 19591969 from the world famous queen of fado. She was born in the rua martim vaz martim vaz street, freguesia of pena, lisbon. Amalia rodrigues greatest hits full album best of fado. With 30 million records sold, she is the highest selling portuguese singer of all time. Faca o download ou ouca na sua plataforma digital favorita. Born in lisbon, portugal, official documents have her date of birth as the 23rd july, but rodrigues always said her birthday was the 1st july 1920. Fado translated as destiny or fate is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. The singer of fado literally, fate speaks to the often harsh realities of everyday life, sometimes with a sense of resignation, sometimes. Amalia rodrigues fado portugues compilation duration.
Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Her younger sister was celeste rodrigues, also a successful fado. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Rodrigues not only popularized the fado throughout south america, she reinvented it brilliantly fusing the urban and rural styles of. Within a year she was a star, selling out clubs every night. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. What are the most beautiful pieces of portuguese music. The emotional folk music of the portuguese, fado s existence dates back at least as far as 1829. The portuguese folk music called fado is enjoying a surge in popularity, thanks to. As a teen rodrigues performed as a tango dancer, and at 19. American magazine variety considered rodrigues as one of the voices of the 20th century. Amlia rodrigues was a two times award winner for best portuguese actress and one of portugals most famous singers who put fado in the world map of musical genres.
Portuguese fado and a few dirty tables the portuguese folk music called fado is enjoying a surge in popularity, thanks to international stars like. For more fado music feel free to check out my spotify. Amalia rodrigues best of fado by amalia rodrigues on apple music. Amalia rodrigues is the unchallenged queen of fado the portuguese equivalent of flamenco or bluesand one of the greatest singers on record. Born in mozambique but raised in portugal, singer mariza became one of the most popular fado. Sie ist sehr gut eingespielt, qualitativ hochwertig, eine wohl ausgesuchte best ofzusammenstellung. I had trouble uploading the 2 hour version of this so 1 hour is the best i can do this time.
In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor. Known as the rainha do fado queen of fado, rodrigues was instrumental in. As a teen rodrigues performed as a tango dancer, and at 19 she made her professional singing debut. The same year, mariza and sister fado icon ana moura opened the 2018 eurovision. She was born in the rua martim vaz martim vaz street, freguesia of. Her voice is rich and sinuous, with the soulful intensity of a billie holiday or edith piaf, but a warmth and sense of phrasing all her own. By this time, the portuguese culture contained a substantial african and mixed race primarily brazilian population, most of them lowerclass laborers centered in the alfama area of lisbon. Amalia da piedade rebordao rodrigues 19201999 was a portuguese singer and actress.
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