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    Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GCIH, OMC (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj...
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    It Was"), "Maria, Maria", "Canção da América" ("Song from America"/"Unencounter"), "Travessia" ("Bridges"), "Bailes da Vida", and "Coração de Estudante"...
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    claimed,[by whom?] after mispronouncing the name of his favourite player, Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé. In his autobiography released in 2006, Pelé stated he...
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    Cultura do MST Giramundo Teatro de Bonecos Instituto Baccarelli Mestres da Guitarrada Música no Museu Quasar Cia de Dança 2009 Aderbal Freire Filho Afoxé...
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    television show that was a success. About the same time he bought the company (Baú da Felicidade pt) and in a short time expanded the leading brand of the group...
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    Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa...
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    they lived at number 367 in the Praça Maciel Pinheiro and later in the Rua da Imperatriz. In Recife, where her father continued to struggle economically...
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    music anthology album in Portugal. Here, she met music producer José "Djô" da Silva, who signed Évora to his record label, Lusafrica. She released her debut...
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    Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈnisjuʒ dʒi moˈɾajʃ])...
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    (2008-02-14). Retrieved on 2019-09-06. My dear friends. lidous.net (2008-09-24) da Silveira, José Braz (2005). A proteção à testemunha & o crime organizado no...
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    Telles Veloso (known as Dona Canô). He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in the eastern area of Brazil, but moved to...
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    bossa nova e da consagração da música brasileira no mundo". Terra.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2019. "Relembre principais momentos da carreira...
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    Cultura do MST Giramundo Teatro de Bonecos Instituto Baccarelli Mestres da Guitarrada Música no Museu Quasar Cia de Dança 2009 Aderbal Freire Filho Afoxé...
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    prevalent in the Veloso household. Though Bethânia was born in Santo Amaro da Purifição, her family moved to Salvador, Bahia when she was 13. The move allowed...
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    he took advantage of a label director's vacations and produced Sociedade da Grã-Ordem Kavernista Apresenta Sessão das Dez, an avant-garde album featuring...
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    censorship, songs such as "Samba de Orly" (1970), "Acorda amor" (1974, as "Julinho da Adelaide") manifested Buarque's continuing opposition to the military regime...
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    arqueologia da era industrial. Portugal: Caminho. 1993. ISBN 978-972-21-0834-8. OCLC 81101769. Salgado, Sebastião (2009). Trabalhadores : uma arqueologia da era...
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    Cultura do MST Giramundo Teatro de Bonecos Instituto Baccarelli Mestres da Guitarrada Música no Museu Quasar Cia de Dança 2009 Aderbal Freire Filho Afoxé...
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    During the recession of the late 70s (See Oil Crisis of 1973), Capoeira Mestres and dedicated practitioners amongst the populace faced great hardships...
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    in songs such as "Blues da Piedade" (Blues of Compassion), "Só as mães são felizes" (Only Mothers Are Happy) and "Balada da Esplanada" (Ballad of the...
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    movement. Gil Invited them to accompany him at TV Record's 1967 III Festival da MPB, where they performed Gil's "Domingo no Parque" with the addition of Rogério...
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    Artistas da Música Brasileira". Rolling Stone (in Portuguese) (25 ed.). Brasil. October 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2017. "Os 100 maiores artistas da música...
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    (Capitães da Areia, 1937) The ABC of Castro Alves (ABC de Castro Alves, 1941) The Knight of Hope (Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes or O Cavaleiro da Esperança...
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    parents. His father Joaquim Ribeiro da Costa, from Salvador, was a naval engineer, and his mother Alina Ferreira da Costa, was from Manaus. He was educated...
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    1936) is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is best known in Brazilian music for his orchestration...
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    elements of tension and drama. In 1949 he acquired the Sítio de Santo Antonio da Bica, a 365,000 m2 (90-acre) estate in the Barra de Guaratiba neighborhood...
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    Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, MA 2014: OSGEMEOS. A Ópera Da Lua, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo Bomb It (2007) by Jon Reiss Harrington...
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    Marieta Severo da Costa (born 2 November 1946) is a Brazilian stage, film and television actress. She is best known to youth audiences as the archetypal...
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    Orthographic Vocabulary of the Portuguese Language (Vocabulário Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa) which has five editions. The Vocabulary is prepared by...
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