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Fado group "Rapsódia" performing at "Serenata Monumental" (2010, Coimbra, Portugal)
Coimbra Fado (Portuguese: Fado de Coimbra) is a genre of fado originating in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. While adopted by students at the University of Coimbra, and sometimes known as Student Fado (Fado de Estudante), it is usually considered the typical music of Coimbra itself. Developed from the Iberian lyric style of trovadorismo popular during the Middle Ages, the genre shares roots with Occitan troubadors.
Performed with the traditional Guitarra de Coimbra (a kind of Portuguese guitar originating in Coimbra), a modified version of Lisbon's fado guitar allegedly created by Artur Paredes, it is usually accompanied by classic acoustic guitar and male voices.
Guitarists Artur Paredes and his son Carlos Paredes are considered the pioneers and masters of this musical genre. Among its most renowned singers were Edmundo Bettencourt and António Menano, in the 1930s and 1940s, and José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Luís Goes and João Maria Tudela, in the 1950s and 1960s, the two so called "golden ages" of the genre. Other noted names in the genre include Loubet Bravo and Fernando Machado Soares.
The Coimbra Academic Association (Associação Académica de Coimbra) has a fado section, teaching the genre to musically inclined students and promoting musical projects and events related to it. Its fame throughout Portugal has led to the creation of similar structures in other cities, such as Lisbon and Porto, where there are also Fado de Coimbra groups organized by students and local people.
CoimbraFado (Portuguese: Fado de Coimbra) is a genre of fado originating in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. While adopted by students at the University...
boat, serving as a model for the first fados sung on land. Lisbon hosts a Fado Museum. The fado style of Coimbra is traditionally linked to the city's...
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the Portuguese guitar and saudade, or longing. Coimbrafado, a unique type of "troubadour serenading" fado, is also noteworthy. Internationally notable...
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including Artur Paredes and José Joaquim Cavalheiro. Student fado, performed by students at Coimbra University, has maintained a tradition since it was pioneered...
went to Coimbra to study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit being involved in the student activism and Coimbrafado music...
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historical nighttime student fado serenade (Serenata Monumental) which happens in the stairs of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra for a crowd of thousands of...
(1983) Meister Der Portugiesischen Gitarre (1977, East Germany release) Coimbrafado Portuguese guitar "Carlos Paredes comemora hoje 77 anos". PÚBLICO (in...
much earlier origins. There are two main varieties: the Lisbon fado and the Coimbrafado. It is considered the national music genre of Portugal, with Amália...
do Céu, 1899; citing Coimbra parish baptism registers, held at the National Archives in Portugal. "Artur Paredes." Museu Do Fado. March 2009. Accessed...
a fado singer and restaurant owner. Germano Rocha was born to in Portugal; he moved to Canada in the 1970s. Germano Rocha Chante Le Fado de Coimbra -Fado...
fado, namely those of the cities of Lisbon and Coimbra. The Lisbon style is the most popular, while Coimbra's is the more refined style. Modern fado is...
de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto). Since then it has played Fado de Coimbra using voice, classic guitar and Portuguese guitar. Since its beginnings...
radio star. The film's popularity led producers to rush out another film Fado: The Story of a Singer, which was loosely based on her own life story. Amália...
the contest in 9th place. Her father Loubet Bravo (1910 — 1978), was a Coimbrafado singer. Nova Geração / Another Time (Single, Valentim de Carvalho, 1973)...
Cedofeita – 15 July 2003 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese Fado singer, who made his career as "ambassador" of the fado in Brazil, where he became popular and was called...
father was a Fado de Coimbra singer and mandolin player, as did his grandfather. Vitorino's uncle meanwhile was active in the Lisbon Fado scene. His younger...
This is a list of notable alumni and students, from the University of Coimbra. Egas Moniz (1874–1955), physician and neurologist; 1949 Nobel Prize in...
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