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    Coimbra Fado (Portuguese: Fado de Coimbra) is a genre of fado originating in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. While adopted by students at the University...
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    boat, serving as a model for the first fados sung on land. Lisbon hosts a Fado Museum. The fado style of Coimbra is traditionally linked to the city's...
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    University of Coimbra (UC; Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðaðɨ ðɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal...
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    Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra The Fado de Coimbra is a highly stylised genre of fado music originated in Coimbra. Among its most notable and historical...
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  • went to Coimbra to study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit being involved in the student activism and Coimbra fado music...
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  • The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union of the University of Coimbra (UC). Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the...
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    Portuguese guitar (category Fado)
    students from the historic Universidade de Coimbra. The male students and graduates would traditionally play a Coimbra Fado at night or serenata (serenade) for...
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  • José Afonso (category Culture in Coimbra)
    eventually divorced his wife. In 1956 Afonso released his first EP, Fados de Coimbra. After his military service, he started working as a teacher. From...
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  • schools of Fado de Coimbra, a unique type of Portuguese fado. The choir has recorded music for radio and LP, released a CD Orfeon Académico de Coimbra "cantando...
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    Faculty of Porto University (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto). Since then it has played Fado de Coimbra using voice, classic guitar and Portuguese...
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    Amália Rodrigues (category Portuguese fado singers)
    Portuguese fadista (fado singer). She was known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado") and was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled...
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  • Germano Rocha (category Portuguese fado singers)
    a fado singer and restaurant owner. Germano Rocha was born to in Portugal; he moved to Canada in the 1970s. Germano Rocha Chante Le Fado de Coimbra -Fado...
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    Vitorino (category Portuguese fado singers)
    father was a Fado de Coimbra singer and mandolin player, as did his grandfather. Vitorino's uncle meanwhile was active in the Lisbon Fado scene. His younger...
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  • "Baía de Cascais" by Delfins "Coimbra" by Amália Rodrigues "Coimbra Menina e Moça (Fado de Coimbra)" by Edmundo Bettencourt "Saudades de Coimbra" by José...
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    The Verdes Anos fado group is a Portuguese musical group founded in 1996, known for performing and popularizing Coimbra's Fado and the Portuguese guitar...
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  • Luís Goes (category Portuguese fado singers)
    Luís Fernando de Sousa Pires de Goes commonly known as Luiz Goes (5 January 1933 – 18 September 2012) was a Portuguese Coimbra fado singer. "Morreu o...
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  • Artur Paredes (category Portuguese fado guitarists)
    do Céu, 1899; citing Coimbra parish baptism registers, held at the National Archives in Portugal. "Artur Paredes." Museu Do Fado. March 2009. Accessed...
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    fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The Lisbon style is the most popular, while Coimbra's is the more refined style. Modern fado is...
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    including Artur Paredes and José Joaquim Cavalheiro. Student fado, performed by students at Coimbra University, has maintained a tradition since it was pioneered...
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  • University of Coimbra. Egas Moniz (1874–1955), physician and neurologist; 1949 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva...
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    Queima das Fitas (category University of Coimbra)
    historical nighttime student fado serenade (Serenata Monumental) which happens in the stairs of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra for a crowd of thousands of...
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    song "Amália". Amália Rodrigues, known as "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado") paved the way for Linda de Suza, Tonicha, Lenita Gentil, Cândida Branca Flor...
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    much earlier origins. There are two main varieties: the Lisbon fado and the Coimbra fado. It is considered the national music genre of Portugal, with Amália...
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    Carlos Paredes (category Portuguese fado guitarists)
    (1983) Meister Der Portugiesischen Gitarre (1977, East Germany release) Coimbra fado Portuguese guitar "Carlos Paredes comemora hoje 77 anos". PÚBLICO (in...
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    the Portuguese guitar and saudade, or longing. Coimbra fado, a unique type of "troubadour serenading" fado, is also noteworthy. Internationally notable...
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  • Rodrigo, Carlos do Carmo, Tony de Matos, Fernando Tordo, Paulo de Carvalho and Camané, with songs like Valeu a Pena, Fado Varina, Rosa da Madragoa, Rosa...
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    Vasco Cordeiro (category University of Coimbra alumni)
    at the University of Coimbra, where became part of the Grupo de Fados de Coimbra Alta Medina (Alta Medina Fado Group of Coimbra). He interpreted the Balada...
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  • Black Capes (category Films directed by Armando de Miranda)
    rush out another film Fado: The Story of a Singer, which was loosely based on her own life story. Amália Rodrigues as Maria de Lisboa Alberto Ribeiro...
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    Açores, folk dances from Douro and Minho, Coimbra Fado, Lisbon Fado, Pauliteiros de Miranda, Pauliteiras de Miranda, Cante Alentejano, Maçadeiras singing...
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  • Joaquim Pimentel (category Portuguese fado singers)
    Cedofeita – 15 July 2003 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese Fado singer, who made his career as "ambassador" of the fado in Brazil, where he became popular and was called...
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