Radamés Gnattali
Sound
Born 1906-01-27
Died 1988-02-13
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Radamés Gnattali (27 January 1906 – 3 February 1988) was a Brazilian composer of both classical and popular music, as well as a conductor, orchestrator, and arranger. He was the brother of the conductor and arranger Alexandre Gnattali.
Gnattali's musical career straddled popular and classical genres and their traditions. His arrangements of samba pieces, involving strings, woodwind and brass (rather than the traditional accompaniments with two guitars, cavaquinho, accordion, tamborin and flute) exposed him to lifelong critical attacks from Brazilian musical traditionalists who resented the "jazzing up" of the genre. Conversely, some of his serious concert pieces (música de concerto) attracted the opposite criticism of inappropriately introducing instruments such as the mandolin, marimba, accordion, mouth organ and electric guitar into the concert hall. In doing this, he was inspired by his friends from the world of popular music, including Jacob do Bandolim, Edu da Gaita and Chiquinho do Acordeom ("Accordion Chiquinho"), for each of whom he composed dedicated concert pieces.
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Filmography
Other credits
42 credits
Somos Dois
Grande Sertão
Maria Bonita
Pureza
Rough Gang
Titio Não é Sopa
Clay
Assassinato em Copacabana
Entra na Farra
Quem Roubou Meu Samba?
Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres
The Deceased
My Home Is Copacabana
Sai da Frente
Tico-Tico no Fubá
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025
A Escrava Isaura
Rio, 100 Degrees F°
Shut Up, Etelvina
O Homem do Sputnik
Rio, Northern Zone
O Barbeiro Que Se Vira
O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca
Estrela da Manhã
Fuzileiro do Amor
Eu Sou o Tal
Quem Sabe... Sabe!
Sai Dessa, Recruta
O Jogo da Vida
Esse Rio que Eu Amo
Onde a Terra Começa
O Noivo da Girafa
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
Pecado de Nina
Dona Xêpa
O Diamante
O Camelô da Rua Larga
O Rei do Movimento
Nadando em Dinheiro
O Feijão é Nosso
Marujo Por Acaso
Acting
11 credits
Eternal Hope
Grandes Nomes
Brasília, Uma Sinfonia
Clay
Nosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali
Entra na Farra
They Don't Wear Black Tie
O Homem do Sputnik
A Doce Mulher Amada
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
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