(Q167752)

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Zequinha de Abreu

Brazilian musician and composer (1880-1935)

  • José Gomes de Abreu

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Zequinha de Abreu, 1961.tif
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Zequinha (Brazilian Portuguese)
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Zequinha de Abreu (Brazilian Portuguese)
19 August 2021
6 November 2022
Boêmio , faleceu durante uma noitada, num quarto do Hotel Piratiniga, em São Paulo (SP), de ataque cardíaco. (Brazilian Portuguese)
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Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935) – Choro to the World (English)
Marilynn Mair
14 July 2004
6 November 2022
Abreu married when he was 18, and supported his family (he would have 8 children) with the orchestra, by writing choro, marches, tangos, waltzes and other music, and by working a variety of political jobs, like secretary of the City Council. (English)
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Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935) – Choro to the World (English)
Marilynn Mair
14 July 2004
6 November 2022
By the age of 16, however, he had run away from the Episcopal Seminary and gone back to Santa Rita, deciding on a career as a musician. (English)
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Zequinha de Abreu Biography by Alvaro Neder (English)
6 November 2022
Moving to Itu to study at the Colégio São Luís, he was already playing an ocarina. (English)
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Zequinha de Abreu Biography by Alvaro Neder (English)
6 November 2022
On June 19, 1919, his father died and Zequinha moved, with his family, to São Paulo SP, where he was employed by the publishing house Casa Beethoven as a sheet-music demonstrator. (English)
Zequinha de Abreu (1880-1935) – Choro to the World (English)
Marilynn Mair
14 July 2004
6 November 2022
In 1919, when his father died, Abreu moved his family to Sao Paulo. (English)
Zequinha de Abreu
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Abreu, Zequinha
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12 December 2019
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