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Beth Carvalho | |
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.jpg) Carvalho in 2011 | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (1946-05-05)May 5, 1946 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | April 30, 2019(2019-04-30) (aged 72)[1] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Samba |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1960–2019 |
| Labels | BMG |
| Website | http://www.bethcarvalho.com.br |
Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (May 5, 1946 – April 30, 2019) was a Braziliansamba singer,guitarist,cavaquinist and composer.
Carvalho was raised in a middle-class family inRio de Janeiro'sSouth Zone. Her father, João Francisco Leal de Carvalho, was a lawyer.[2] She grew up influenced by different types of music. Her father used to take her to samba school rehearsals, and her mother was a lover of classical music who encouraged her to become a ballerina. She started playing the guitar as a teenager, and got involved with the emergingBossa Nova movement, winning a nationwide song contest on TV at the age of 19.
Following a 1967 album, "Muito Na Onda," with the project 'Conjunto 3D,' Carvalho did her first solo record, 1968's "Andança", and carried the song of the same name to victory in a larger festival, which brought her to prominence. Although she started her career with Bossa Nova, that was an ephemeral phase which lasted less than one year. Beth started dedicating herself entirely tosamba just as her fame began, working with legendary composers such as Nelson Sargento.
Carvalho is a very important artist in the history of samba, as she celebrated and brought the spotlight to the work of legendary composers such asCartola,Nelson Cavaquinho &Guilherme de Brito when they weren't receiving the attention they deserved. Almost all of her records have songs by these composers, among other legendarysambistas such as Nelson Sargento and theOld Guard of Portela. Her samba school wasMangueira, but that didn't stop her from recording dozens of songs from composers ofPortela, the other great traditional samba school in Rio.
Later, in the late 1970s and early 80s, Beth helped bring to the public the work of other risingpagode artists from Cacique de Ramos, such asAlmir Guineto,Jorge Aragão and theFundo de Quintal group. Then, in 1983, she introducedZeca Pagodinho who would become the major samba name of the 90s. Carvalho always tried to bring underrated composers the recognition they deserve, and she is regarded asmadrinha do samba (the godmother of samba). She was a driving force in the modernization of samba in the 80s, and at the same time rejected commercial pop trends in samba arrangements, preserving tradition.
In the 1990s, Beth's popularity wasn't the strongest, but she was always popular. She recorded an album dedicated to the samba fromSão Paulo, rejecting the famous axiom that "São Paulo is the grave of samba". In 1998 she recorded an album dedicated entirely to thepagode classics,Pérolas do Pagode (Pagode Pearls).
In the new millennium, Beth worked more than ever, releasing CDs and DVDs. With a career that spanned 40 years, she was a historical figure in Brazilian culture, and recognized as the female sambista with the most substantial opus in Brazil, without diminishing other stars asClara Nunes andDaniela Mercury.
Carvalho died at 72 of sepsis.[3][4] Her death was mourned by many of fellow Brazilian musicians.[5] Former presidentDilma Rousseff, said that Carvalho leaves, "an important legacy of identification with the causes and struggles of the people".[6]
Beth Carvalho is depicted in the 2022documentary filmAndança - Os encontros e as memórias de Beth Carvalho, directed by Pedro Bronz.[7]
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