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Radamés Gnattali
Composer, Additional Credits
Born January 27, 1906Died February 13, 1988 (82 years)
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.
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.
Radamés Gnattali Filmography
| 1980 | |
| 1965 | The Deceased · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Mitt hem är Copacabana · as Original Music Composer |
| 1965 | Grande Sertão · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | Maioria Absoluta · as Composer |
| 1962 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Quem Roubou Meu Samba? · as Original Music Composer |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Chico Fumaça · as Composer |
| 1957 | Rio, Zona Norte · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | O Noivo da Girafa · as Original Music Composer |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | Rio, 40 Degrees · as Original Music Composer |
| 1954 | Rei do Movimento · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | Nadando em Dinheiro · as Original Music Composer |
| 1952 | |
| 1952 | Tico-Tico no Fubá · as Original Music Composer |
| 1933 |
| 2021 | Garoto - Vivo Sonhando · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Coisa Mais Linda: Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | Roberto Carlos Especial (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | They Don't Wear Black Tie · as Music Director |
| 1959 | O Homem do Sputnik · as Music Director |
| 1940 | Argila · as Music Director |