• Modinha is the affectionate (grammatically called 'diminutive') form of the Portuguese noun "moda", meaning "fashion". The word "moda" is also used in...
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    fishwives and other working-class people) can also be found in Brazilian modinha and Indonesian kroncong, although all these music genres subsequently developed...
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  • (1930). Dedicated to Pablo Casals. Introdução (Embolada [pt]) Prelúdio (Modinha) Fuga (Conversa) (Conversation) Scored for orchestra (1930). There are...
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    tropicália, choro, maracatu, embolada (coco de repente), frevo, brega, modinha and Brazilian versions of foreign musical styles, such as rock, pop music...
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    34. Tinhorão, José Ramos (1974). Pequena História da Música Popular (da Modinha á Canção de Protesto) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Petrópolis: Vozes. Vasconcelos...
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  • 5:17 "No More Blues" – 6:39 "Happy Madness" – 3:12 "Passarim" – 5:38 "Modinha" – 4:33 Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone Eliane Elias – piano (tracks 1-4)...
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  • except "Modinha" (Antônio Carlos Jobim). "Friend" "Two Windows over the Wings" "Running in the Rain" "The Lighthouse" "Hospital Window" "Modinha" "In Awe...
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    Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet and musician, famous for creating the modinha. He wrote under the pen name Lereno. Barbosa is the patron of the 3rd chair...
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    Modinha de M. de A. Adeus Êma, Desafio. Théma populaire du Nord de Minas Geraes Pállida Madona. Modinha antiga Tu passaste por este jardim... Modinha...
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    late 1970s, Caymmi again took inspiration from Amado when he composed "Modinha para a Gabriela" ("A Little Song for Gabriela"), a musical adaptation of...
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