Sound
Radamés Gnattali
Born — Died
1906-01-27 — 1988-02-13
Place of birth
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Known for
Sound
Credits
5 titles
Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. He was the brother of the conductor and arranger Alexandre Gnattali. Gnattali's musical career straddled popular and classical genres and their traditions. His arrangements of samba pieces, involving strings, woodwind and brass (rather than the traditional accompaniments with two guitars, cavaquinho, accordion, tamborin and flute) exposed him to lifelong critical attacks from Brazilian musical traditionalists who resented the "jazzing up" of the genre. Conversely, some of his serious concert pieces (música de concerto) attract…
Known for
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Grandes Nomes
1980
Creative documentary on multi-faceted Brazilian musician Radames Gnattali
Nosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali
1991
7.5Documentary about the birth of bossa-nova, in Brazil, and the major stars of this musical style.
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
7.0A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020
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Brasília, Uma Sinfonia
1986