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Also known as Noel de Medeiros Rosa

Brazilian singer and musician (1910–1937)

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Rhymes and Reasons
  • Rimas y Razones
  • Rhymes et Motifs

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1910-12-11
Active to
1937-05-04
sambasongwriter

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
57,994
Total plays
669,986

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Noel de Medeiros Rosa (December 11, 1910 — May 4, 1937) was a Brazilian songwriter, singer, and guitar/banjo player. One of the greatest names in Brazilian popular music, Noel gave a new twist to samba, combining its Afro-Brazilian roots with a more urban, witty language and making it a vehicle for ironic social commentary. Noel Rosa was born in Rio de Janeiro into a middle-class family of the Vila Isabel neighbourhood. An accident with a forceps at his birth caused the disfigured chin that wou

via Last.fm · Noel Rosa