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Adoniran Barbosa Artistic Name Of João Rubinato 6 August 1910 – 23 November 1982 Was A Noted Brazilian São Paulo Style Samba Singer Composer And Also A Comedian And Actor. Rubinato Represented Several Characters On Radio Programs Including Adoniran Barbosa Who Ended Up Being Confused With His Creator Due To His Great Popularity. Adoniran Became Nationally Known As The Father Of Samba Made In São Paulo. Early Years
João Rubinato Was The Seventh Child Of Francesco Fernando Rubinato And Emma Ricchini Italian Immigrants From Cavarzere Province Of Venice . His Parents Had Settled In Valinhos A Rural Town In The State Of São Paulo About 70 Km From The City Of São Paulo. In 2010 Two Bridges Were Named After Rubinato One Located In Valinhos Brazil Where The Singer Was Born And Another In Cavarzere Italy. He Is Said To Have Been A Rather Reluctant Student And Started Working At An Early Age Which Required Falsifying His Birth Date . His First Job Was A Sweeper Boy And General Helper At A Railway Company In The Nearby Town Of Jundiaí. In 1924 He Moved To Santo André A Town In The Greater São Paulo Area Where He Went Through Many Jobs — Loom Operator Painter Plumber Iron Worker Peddler And Waiter. At A Local Technical School The Liceu De Artes E Ofícios He Learned The Office Of Mechanical Assistant. Debut As Composer And Singer In 1933 João Rubinato Moved To The City Of São Paulo Where He Started Composing Songs And Tried His Luck As A Singer In Cruzeiro Do Sul Radio Station In A Talent-Scouting Show Directed By Jorge Amaral. After Many Failures He Finally Succeeded With The Noel Rosa’s Samba “Filosofia” And Got A Contract For A Weekly 15-Minute Show. Fearful That A Samba Artist With An Italian Surname Would Not Be Taken Seriously By The Public João Rubinato Then Decided To Adopt A More Brazilian-Sounding Name. So He Borrowed The Unusual "Adoniran" From One Of His Friends And "Barbosa" From Samba Composer Luiz Barbosa His Idol. In 1935 He Won A Carnaval Song Contest Sponsored By The City Of São Paulo With The Samba Dona Boa Composed Together With J. Aimberê. Spirited By That Success He Married His Longtime Girlfriend Olga. The Couple Had A Daughter Maria Helena But The Marriage Broke Up In Less Than One Year. At “Radio Record” In 1941 He Started Performing Comedy In The Radio Theater Programs Of The São Paulo Radio Station Rádio Record — Which Would Later Become One Of The Top Television And Radio Networks Of Brazil — Rede Record. He Remained With That Network Until His Retirement In 1972 Giving His Voice To Various Popular Characters Created Together With Writer Osvaldo Moles Like Pernafina Zé Cunversa And Jean Rubinet A Parody Of A French Movie Star . He Also Played Parts In The Movies Pif-Paf 1945 And Caídos Do Céu "Fallen From Heaven" 1946 Both Directed By Ademar Gonzaga. In 1949 He Married Matilde De Lutiis Who Would Be His Companion And Co-Author For The Next 50 Years. Success His First Success As A Composer Became A Well-Known Song On Samba Circles In Concert Halls "Trem Das Onze". It Is Quite Possible That Every Brazilian Knows If Not The Entire Song At Least The Chorus Which Became Timeless And A Brazilian Classic. With This Song Adoniran Achieves The Desired Success Which However Is Short-Lived And Does Not Earn Him More Than A Few Changes In Copyright. The Song Which Had Already Been Recorded By The Author In 1951 And Had Yet To Be A Hit Is Re-Recorded By Demônios Da Garoa Or “Drizzle Devils” - A Musical Group From São Paulo A City Known As The Land Of Drizzle Of Fog Hence The Groups’s Name. Although The Group Is From São Paulo The Song First Becomes A Hit In Rio De Janeiro With Resounding Success. Astute Observer Of Human Activities He Also Knows That The Public Is Not Content With Just The Drama Of Destitute And Lonely People It Is Necessary To Give This Audience A Dose Of Humor Even If Bitter. He Composes One Of His Most Notable Sambas For This Audience One Of The First In Which He Worked On The New Aesthetics Of Samba. In 1953 He Made A Fine Performance In The Movie O Cangaceiro By Director Lima Barreto. In The Early 1950s He Wrote Many Songs On Typical São Paulo Themes Most Of Them Recorded By The Band Demônios Da Garoa And Won Two Other São Paulo Carnaval Contests. In 1955 He Introduced The Enormously Popular Character Charutinho "Short Cigar" In The Radio Humor Show Histórias Das Malocas "Shantytown Stories" . Adoniran Also Acted In Some Of The Earliest Brazilian Soap Operas Telenovelas Such As A Pensão De D. Isaura "Ms. Isaura's Boarding Home" And Comic Programs Like Ceará Contra 007 "Ceará Against 007" And Papai Sabe Nada "Daddy Knows Nothing" . Later Years And Legacy In Spite Of The Success Of His Songs And Radio Characters Adoniran Only Became A Star Of Sorts After 1973 When He Recorded His First Own Album. That Made Him Respected As A Major Composer And Gave Him Some Media Exposure. Nevertheless Through His Career He Continued Living A Simple And Happy Life. He Had Earned A Private Table At The Bar Brahma One Of The City's Most Traditional Bars. While He Never Lost His Love Of São Paulo Towards The End Of His Life He Became Increasingly Sad About The Disappearance Of Its Traditional Character. He Once Said "Until The 1960s São Paulo Still Existed But Since Then I Have Been Looking For It And Could Not Find It. Brás Where Is Brás Now? And Bexiga Where Is It? I Was Told To Look For The Sé. Could Not Find It. All I See Is Cars And Concrete." Between His Attempt At A Career On São Paulo Radio Stations And His First Success Adoniran Worked Hard Got Married Twice And Frequented The Nightlife Like A Bohemian. In The Comings And Goings Of His Career He Had To Overcome Several Difficulties. The Work On Brazilian Radio Is Little Recognized And Financially Unstable Many Musicians Spent Years In Radios’ Corridors Having A Melancholic And Miserable End Of Life. The Vehicle That Enchanted Crowds At The Time Made Idols Of Several Musicinas Is As Cruel As Life After The Success That For Many Is Only Nominal - Ostracism And The Absence Of Legal Protection Lead Singers Composers And Actors To A Situation Of Unthinkable Penury. While His Music Continued To Be Played Adoniran Himself Was Gradually Forgotten By The Public So That When He Died In 1982 In Relative Poverty He Had At His Side Only His Wife And A Brother In Law. However Almost 30 Years After His Death He Is Still Remembered By Popular Brazilian Singers Like Perci Guzzo Who Occasionally Performs His Songs In Tribute. Music Themes Adoniran Barbosa Made Good On The Hardships Of His Youth By Becoming The Composer Of The Lower Classes Of São Paulo Particularly The Poor Italian Immigrants Living In The Quarters Of Bexiga Bela Vista And Brás And The Poor Who Lived In The City's Many Malocas The Shanties Of Favelas And Cortiços Degraded Multifamily Row Houses . The Themes Of His Songs Are Drawn From The Life Of Low-Wage Urban Workers The Unemployed And The Vagabonds. His First Big Hit Was Saudosa Maloca "Shanty Of Fond Memories" 1951 Where Three Homeless Friends Recall With Nostalgia Their Improvised Shanty Which Was Torn Down By The Landowner To Make Room For A Building. His Next Success Joga A Chave "Throw Me The Doorkey" 1952 Was Inspired On His Own Frequent Experiences Of Arriving Late At Home And Finding The Door Locked By His Wife Matilde. In His Trem Das Onze "The 11 Pm Train" 1964 Which Has Been Ranked One Of The Five Best Samba Songs Ever The Protagonist Explains To His Lover That He Cannot Stay Any Longer Because He Has To Catch The Last Train To The Jaçanã Suburb And Besides His Mother Will Not Sleep Before He Arrives. Adoniran’s Language Unlike The Samba Songs Of The Previous Decades Which Generally Used The Formal Portuguese Of The Educated Class Adoniran's Lyrics Are A Realistic Record Of The Informal Speech Of São Paulo's Lower Classes. He Once Said "I Only Write Samba For The Common People. That Is Why I Write Lyrics In 'wrong' Portuguese Because That Is How The Common People Speak. Besides I Feel That Samba Is More Beautiful When Sung That Way". The Homeless Narrator Of His Saudosa Maloca For Example Tells Of The Day When His Shanty Was Torn Down By The Landowner Peguemo Todas Nossas Coisa "We Picked Up All Our Belongings
E Fumo Pro Meio Da RuaAnd We Went Out On The Street
Apreciá A Demolição.To Watch The Demolition.
Ai Que Tristeza Que Nós Sentia Ah What A Sorrow We Felt Cada Tauba Que CaíaEach Plank As It Fell
Doía No Coração...Hurt Us In The Heart..." The Peguemo Instead Of Pegamos Fumo Instead Of Fomos Nós Sentia Instead Of Nós Sentíamos And Tauba Instead Of Tábua Were All Standard Features Of The Speech Of Many Paulistas. Yet Because Of The Strong Social Prejudice Attached To Such "bad" Portuguese Few If Any Authors Before Adoniran Had Dared To Put Those "errors" In Writing. Even Lyrics Ostensibly Sung By Poor Favela Dwellers Such As The Classic Samba Chão De Estrelas "Starry Floor" Were Paragons Of Correct Grammar And Pronunciation. Thus Adoniran's Use Of "real" Brazilian Portuguese Was A Revolution That May Be Comparable To Gershwin's Use Of Gullah In Porgy And Bess. Indeed He Was Often Strongly Criticized For It Even By Poet And Composer Vinícius De Moraes Of The Girl From Ipanema Fame Citation Needed . But Adoniran Did Not Mind His Critics And His Mastery Allowed Him To Break With Convention As He Used To Say Art Was Required To Sing In "wrong" Language. And The Success Of His Most Popular Songs Such As Tiro Ao Álvaro 1960 Was Undoubtedly Due In Good Part To The Warmth And Naturalness Of Its Language. Barbosa Was Known As The Composer To The Lower Classes Of São Paulo Particularly The Poor Italian Immigrants Living In The Quarters Of Bexiga Bela Vista And Brás As Well As The Poor Who Lived In The City's Many Shanties And Cortiços Degraded Multifamily Row Houses . He Knew Well The Italian-Portuguese Pidgin Spoken In The Streets Of São Paulo Mostly In The Sections Of Mooca Brás And Bexiga. In 1965 Barbosa Wrote "Samba Italiano" Italian Samba A Song That Has Brazilian Rhythm And Theme But Italian Lyrics With Some Words With Brazilian Influence. See Wikipedia Entry For More Examples Musical Style His Favorite Musical Style Is The Samba Paulista The Samba Of São Paulo Generally Despised By The Sambistas Of Rio De Janeiro. A Feature Of This Style Is The Samba De Breque "brake Samba" Where The Music Is Suddenly Interrupted To Make Space For A Few Spoken Words Or A Sudden Reversal In The Melodic Line. For Example One Of His Great Successes The "Samba Do Arnesto" "Arnest's Samba" 1953 Begins O Arnesto Nus Convidou Prum Samba Ele Mora No Brás.
"Arnest Invited Us For A Samba He Lives In Brás.” The Melodic Line Is Suspended Briefly For The Phrase “ele Mora No Brás” Which Marks It As A Parenthetical Remark – Not Only In The Lyrics But In The Music As Well. Compositions "Malvina" 1951
"Saudosa Maloca" 1951
"Joga A Chave" With Osvaldo Moles 1952
"Samba Do Arnesto" 1953
"Pra Que Chorar" With Matilde De Lutiis
"A Garoa Vem Descendo" With Matilde De Lutiis
"As Mariposas" 1955
"Iracema" 1956
"Apaga O Fogo Mané" 1956
"Um Samba No Bexiga" 1957
"Bom-Dia Tristeza" 1958
"Abrigo De Vagabundo" 1959
"No Morro Da Casa Verde" 1959
"Prova De Carinho" 1960
"Tiro Ao Álvaro" With Osvaldo Moles 1960
"Luz Da Light" 1964
"Trem Das Onze" 1964
"Agüenta A Mão" 1965
"Samba Italiano" 1965
"Tocar Na Banda" 1965
"Pafunça" With Osvaldo Moles 1965
"O Casamento Do Moacir" 1967
"Mulher Patrão E Cachaça" 1968
"Vila Esperança" 1968
"Despejo Na Favela" 1969
"Fica Mais Um Pouco Amor" 1975
"Acende O Candieiro" 1972
"Uma Simples Margarida" "Samba Do Metrô" "Já Fui Uma Brasa"
"Rua Dos Gusmões"
Adoniran Also Left Some 90 Unpublished Lyrics Which Are Being Posthumously Set To Music By Various Composers. Compilation Albums Raízes Do Samba Is A Series Of Compilation Albums Of Notable Brazilian Musicians Mostly Of The Bossa Nova Samba And Tropicalismo Genres. Death Adoniran Barbosa Died On November 23 1982 Aged 70 During A Hospital Stay For Treatment Of Pulmonary Emphysema. He Was Survived By His Companion Of Over Forty Years Matilde De Lutiis And His Only Daughter Maria Helena Rubinato B. 1937 D. 2021 With His Former Wife Olga Krum Div. 1943 D. 1991 . He Was Buried In The Cemetery Of Peace As Per Adoniran's Wish. Homages Public Spaces Besides The Museu Adoniran Barbosa Located At At Rua XV De Novembro 347 In São Paulo There Are Many Mementos Of The Composer Scattered Through São Paulo. Places Named After Adoniran Induce A School In Itaquera A Street In The Borough Of Bexiga A Bar Named Bar Adoniran Barbosa And A Square. In Don Orione Square There Is A Bust Of The Artist And In Jaçanã Neighborhood There Is A Street Called "Rua Trem Das Onze” 11 PM Train Street After The Lyrics Of His Biggest Hit. On 6 August 2016 Google Doodle Commemorated His 105th Birthday. Sources - Brazilian Portuguese Https //en.M.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Adoniran_Barbosa
- English Https //en.M.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Adoniran_Barbosa

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