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    Eleazar de Carvalho (28 June 1912, Iguatu, Ceará – 12 September 1996, São Paulo) was a Brazilian conductor and composer. De Carvalho's parents were Manuel...
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    Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2023-03-29. Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho (January 2013). "Relative insulation". D+C Development and Cooperation/...
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    Carneiro Alberto Venancio Filho Marcos Vilaça Antonio Cicero Domício Proença Filho Geraldo Holanda Cavalcanti Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda Merval Pereira...
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    Desembestado, de Ariovaldo Mattos. 1980 – Dom Quixote de la Pança, adaptação da novela de Cervantes. 1981 – Moço em Estado de Sítio, de Oduvaldo Vianna Filho. 1983...
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  • Portuguese). Retrieved 31 July 2023. de Toledo, José Roberto (1 November 1998). "FHC venceu em 87% dos municípios". Folha de S. Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese)...
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    Carlos Lessa (category Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni)
    de Lessa, better known simply as Carlos Lessa (30 July 1936 – 5 June 2020) was a Brazilian economist and professor. Born on 30 July 1936, in Rio de Janeiro...
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    Sarney Filho, Governor Roseana Sarney, and the businessman Fernando Sarney. As a writer, his best known work is the poetry book Os Marimbondos de Fogo ("The...
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    with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom...
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    "Beth" Santos Leal de Carvalho (May 5, 1946 – April 30, 2019) was a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, cavaquinist and composer. Carvalho was raised in a...
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    Wayback Machine Soares, Rodrigo (May 2, 2016). "Maurício de Sousa fala sobre a morte do filho Maurício Spada". Ego (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Grupo Globo...
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    Rita Lee Jones de Carvalho (31 December 1947 – 8 May 2023) was a Brazilian rock musician, singer and songwriter. She was a member of the band Os Mutantes...
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    Antônio Fagundes (category Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances...
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    public knowledge. In the 1970s, Moraes collaborated with Antônio Pecci Filho, a guitarist and vocalist nicknamed Toquinho on musical and literary works...
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    Chico Anysio (born Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho, 12 April 1931 – 23 March 2012) was a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer. Anysio...
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    these productions was Chapetuba Futebol Clube, written by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho in 1959 and directed by Augusto Boal. A new military regime started in Brazil...
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    1993. He has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016. Salgado was born on February 8, 1944, in Aimorés...
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    Zeca Pagodinho (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Jessé Gomes da Silva Filho, known professionally as Zeca Pagodinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈzɛkɐ pɐɡɔˈdʒĩɲu], born February 4, 1959), is a Brazilian...
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    brother's death. Meirelles was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Meirelles' father, José de Souza Meirelles, is a gastroenterologist who travelled regularly to Asia and...
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    with Sony BMG.[citation needed] A Brazilian film made about the duo, 2 Filhos de Francisco, released in 2005, was the most successful Brazilian movie in...
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    Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo (August 19, 1849 – January 17, 1910) was a Brazilian writer, statesman, and a leading voice in the abolitionist...
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    João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist...
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    Som Maior. Then he joined Trio Novo (Airto Moreira, Heraldo do Monte, Theo de Barros) and in 1967 the group, renamed Quarteto Novo, released an album that...
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    Clarice Lispector (category Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state))
    Pernambuco, where her mother died when she was nine. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio, she began publishing...
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    Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright...
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    the Brazilian state of Bahia. He was the eldest of four sons of João Amado de Faria and D. Eulália Leal. The farm was located in the village of Ferradas...
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    the Filhos de Gandhi ("Sons of Gandhi") performance group, which only allowed black Brazilians to join. Gil also recorded a song titled "Patuscada de Gandhi"...
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    Noel Rosa (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    "Feitiço da Vila" (with Vadico, 1936) "Feitio de oração" (with Vadico, 1933) "Filosofia" (with André Filho, 1933) "Fita amarela" (1932) "Gago apaixonado"...
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  • Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (category Musical groups from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Eugen Szenkar. Eugen Szenkar (1940–1948) Lamberto Baldi [de; es; pt] (1949–1951) Eleazar de Carvalho (1952–1957, 1960–1962, 1966–1969) Alceo Bocchino [pt]...
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    Escudos Banknote". Banco de Cabo Verde. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023. "Aeroporto de Cabo Verde recebe o nome de Cesaria Évora". Pop & Arte...
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    Marisa Monte (category Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Marisa de Azevedo Monte (Brazilian Portuguese: /maˈɾizɐ dʒi azeˈvedu ˈmõtʃi/) (born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and...
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