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FADO
By:
Luis Cruz, 8ºE
Jorge Rolo, 8ºE

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INTRODUCTION
On November 27, 2011, Fado was inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible
Cultural Heritage Lists.
Fado is one of the oldest urban folk music types in the world and
represents the heart of the Portuguese soul.
A shawl, a guitar, a voice and heartfelt emotion. These are the
ingredients of Fado, the celebrated form of world music that captures
what it is to be Portuguese.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF FADO
Fado ("destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in
Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins, such as the songs of the
moors.
For centuries sea journeys created deep ties with various cultures. So, fado
shows different cultural manifestations, mainly linked to the sea.
From the eighteenth to the twentieth century, it shows influences from
Europe, America and Africa, mainly from Brazilian rhythms.
In the twentieth century it started being sung in taverns, becoming a
profession around 1927.
Today it is regarded as the traditional Lisbon song.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF FADO
Fado was introduced in the port districts like Alfama,
Mouraria and Bairro Alto, in Lisbon. The first Fado
performers were mainly from urban working class
and sailors.
The 19th century's most renowned fadista was Maria
Severa, who lived in the first half of the century and
died at the age of 26. She made this type of song
famous in aristocratic circles through her romance
with the Count of Vimioso. Maria Severa
To this day, female performers wear a black shawl in
her memory and her life story has been the influence
of several Fado songs, poems, novels, and plays.

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Inspiration for fado can come from almost any source. Although there are
predominance of themes like: destiny, disappointments in love, the sense
of sadness and longing for someone who has gone away, the ups and
downs of life, the sea, the life of sailors and fishermen, and last but not
least “Saudade” (one of the main themes used in fado, that means a kind
of longing).
“Fado” by José Malhoa

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FADO VARIETIES
There are two main varieties of fado, namely those of the cities
of Lisbon and Coimbra.
The Lisbon style is the most popular, while Coimbra's is the
most classic style.
According to tradition, to applaud fado in Lisbon you clap your
hands, while in Coimbra one coughs as if clearing one's throat

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FADO OF COIMBRA
This type of Fado is more recent and is closely
linked to the academic traditions of the University.
It is exclusively sung by men (wearing the academic
outfit).
In Coimbra fado has the same sad style, but was born
with different motivations. Year after year, the
university students that arrived from Lisbon and Porto,
brought their guitars and played for a new audience.
They impressed their loved ones singing the anguish
for not having them or explained the dissatisfaction of
leaving behind the best years of their youth, the
student bohemian life.
Fado of Coimbra is the official music for the students
and for their goodbye songs of each year.

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THE INSTRUMENTS
Portuguese guitar Classical guitar
Lisbon Coimbra
The tuning and sound of the Portuguese guitar
in Coimbra and Lisbon are different.

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FAMOUS FADO ARTISTS
Amália Mariza Carlos do Carlos Camané
Rodrigues Carmo Paredes

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FAMOUS FADO SINGERS - “FADISTAS”
AMÁLIA RODRIGUES
Amália Rodrigues, (July 23, 1920 – October 6, 1999)
was a singer and actress.
Her performances and choice of repertoire pushed
Fado’s boundaries and helped redefine it and
reconfigure it for her and subsequent generations.
Her relationship with poetry contributed to major
changes in traditional fado. Great poets started
contributing and writing specifically for her. The Gaivota
(Seagull)
'grand poetry' crossed its paths with those of fado.

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Amália
Rodrigues
She was known as the “Rainha do Fado” (“Queen of Fado”) and enjoyed an
extensive international career between the 1950s and the 1970s.
She put fado as a musical genre on the map of world music, in dictionaries,
libraries and musical essays. She paved the way for the generations that would
follow, and that continue her legacy.
“Barco Negro” (black boat) was, and still is one of her most Barco Negro
well-known and most beautiful songs.

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FAMOUS FADO SINGERS - “FADISTAS”
CARLOS DO CARMO
Carlos do Carmo, (Lisbon, 21 December 1939) is a singer
and interpreter of fado, recognized internationally.
He played an important role in making Fado part of
UNESCO's World Heritage Cultural Patrimony via countless
concerts and the recording for Carlos Saura's film on fado,
which premiered in 2007 at the Toronto International Film
Festival.
Duas lágrimas
de orvalho

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CARLOS PAREDES
Carlos Paredes (1925 -2004) was one of the greatest guitarists and is a unique
symbol of Portuguese culture. He made the Portuguese guitar an instrument
known around the world
He was the son of guitarist Artur Paredes, considered the pioneer and master
of Coimbra fado style.
Verdes Anos Variações

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FAMOUS FADO SINGERS - “FADISTAS”
MARIZA
Mariza (Mozambique,1973) belongs to a modern
generation of fado singers. She has been a regular on
stages such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Walt Disney
Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Lobero Theater in
Santa Barbara, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Sydney
Opera House or the Royal Albert Hall.
The Guardian considered her "a diva in the world."
Gente da minha
terra

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FAMOUS FADO SINGERS - “FADISTAS”
CAMANÉ
Camané (1967) is a male vocalist, and a
forerunner of the new generation of fado
male singers. "The greatest fadista since
Amalia Rodrigues and Maria da Fe," is how
British biographer David Bret, described him.

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