Adriano Correia de Oliveira
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 9, 1942 Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia |
| Origin | Portugal |
| Died | October 16, 1982 (aged 40) Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia |
| Genres | Fado, protest music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1960s–1970s |
Adriano Maria Correia Gomes de Oliveira,
Adriano was part of a generation of composers and singers of political songs that used music and lyrics to fight against the , with whom he collaborated in the recording of many albums.
His first recording, Fado de Coimbra, was released in 1963, accompanied by António Portugal and Rui Pato. In this record he performs the first rendition of Trova do Vento Que Passa, with poetry by Manuel Alegre, which would become a sort of anthem of resistance to the dictatorship. In 1967 he recorded the album Adriano Correia de Oliveira with, among other songs, "Canção com Lágrimas".
During his military service in 1969, O Canto e as Armas, with poetry by Manuel Alegre, was released followed in 1970 by Cantaremos and Gente de Aqui e de Agora in 1971. After the
Adriano was also a member of the Portuguese Communist Party and participated many times in the Avante! Festival annual fest. He was a close friend of the socialist Manuel Alegre, who wrote many of his lyrics. He died in Avintes at the age of 40 due to a vascular accident.[1]
Albums
- 1967 – "Adriano Correia de Oliveira"
- 1969 – O canto e as armas
- E de súbito um sino
- Raiz
- E a carne se fez verbo
- E o bosque se fez barco
- Peregrinação
- A batalha de Alcácer-Quibir
- Regresso
- Canção da fronteira
- Por aquele caminho
- Canto da nossa tristeza
- Trova do vento que passa N.2
- As mãos
- Post-scriptum
- 1970 – Cantaremos
- Cantar de emigração
- Saudade pedra e espada
- Fala do homem nascido
- O Sol p'rguntou à Lua
- Canção para o meu amor não se perder no mercado da concorrência
- Lágrima de preta
- Canção com lágrimas
- Cantar para um pastor
- Como hei-de amar serenamente
- Sapateia
- A noite dos poetas
- 1971 – Gente de aqui e de agora
- Emigração
- E alegre se fez triste
- O senhor morgado
- Cana verde
- A vila de Alvito
- Canção tão simples
- Cantiga de amigo
- Para Rosalia
- Roseira brava
- História do quadrilheiro Manuel Domingos Louzeiro
- 1975 – Que nunca mais
- Tejo que levas as águas
- O senhor gerente
- As balas
- No vale escuro
- Tu e eu meu amor
- Recado a Helena
- Dona Abastança
- Cantiga de Montemaior
- P'ra a frente
- 1980 – Cantigas Portuguesas
References
- ^ a b "Adriano Correia de Oliveira – Obituary" (in Portuguese). October 2002. Archived from the original on July 17, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2007.
- ^ "Adriano Correia de Oliveira, 30 years after" (in Portuguese). October 16, 2012. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
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