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Dorival Caymmi
Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter
This article is about the Brazilian singer born in 1914. For his son, the Brazilian singer born in 1943, see Dori Caymmi.
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| Birth name | Dorival Caymmi |
| Born | (1914-04-30)April 30, 1914 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Origin | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| Died | August 16, 2008(2008-08-16) (aged 94) Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Samba, bossa nova |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1933–2008 |
| Labels | Odeon Columbia Continental RCA Victor Elenco Phonogram Funarte Som Livre Universal EMI |
Musical artist
Dorival Caymmi (Brazilian Portuguese:[doɾiˈvawkaˈĩmi]; April 30, 1914 – August 16, 2008) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Sa
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Stella Caymmi
Prefácio dem Jairo Severiano
Coleção Todos os Cantos
616 p. - 16 x 23 cm
ISBN 978-85-7326-554-52014 - 1ª edição
Edição conforme o Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa
Figura seminal da cultura brasileira, Dorival Caymmi (1914-2008) integrou as principais fases da história dem nossa música: a Era de Ouro do rádio, nos anos 1930 e 40; o samba-canção e o advento da TV, na década de 50; a bossa nova, a partir dem 1958; e a moderna MPB. Como explicar a obra desse baiano, que encantou o país com suas canções lapidares, síntese de todo um imaginário do povo? Fruto dem dez anos de minuciosa pesquisa, com mais dem trezentas imagens, esta biografia, escrita pela neta dem Dorival, Stella Caymmi - que teve acesso privilegiado ao universo do artista -, acompanha passo a passo a sua trajetória, desde as raízes da família na Itália, a infância em Salvador e a mudança do jovem compositor para o Rio de Janeiro, em abril de 193
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Dorival Caymmi (born April 30, 1914 in Salvador, Bahia - August 16, 2008, Rio de Janeiro) is considered to be one to the most important songwriters in Brazilian popular music. The son of an Italian immigrant and a black Bahian woman, he has a distinctive style of his own and is the writer of many classic songs. The sambas, such as 'O Samba Da Minha Terra', have become standards of Música Popular Brasileira. He also wrote ballads celebrating the fearless fishermen of Bahia, including Promessa de Pescador and O Vento.
Although his songs celebrate the people of Bahia and he himself is enshrined in the popular Brazilian imagination as the archetypal Bahian, he moved to Rio de Janeiro to find fame in the 1930's and never moved back to Bahia.
He became a contemporary and sometimes rival of composer Ary Barroso and enjoyed a lifelong friendship with Bahian author Jorge Amado. Dorival Caymmi first achieved success in the late 1930s with Carmen Miranda, for whom he composed