Jose Gomes de Abreu

Jose Gomes de Abreu, better known as Zequinha de Abreu, was born in 1880 and died in 1935 in Brazil. He was a musician, composer and conductor, having contributed to the establishment of the choro genre. In 1917 he wrote the famous choro tune, Tico-Tico No Fuba, which today is still recorded by great artists worldwide, from all styles.

A child prodigy, he learned how to play the clarinet, flute, and ocarina. He organized a school band and started rehearsing his first compositions. He entered the seminary where he studied harmony. He left the seminary to become a musician.

In 1899, de Abreu formed the Lira Santarritense and Smart Orchestra. By 1915 he had written nearly 100 compositions including choros, marchinhas, valsas, tangos, and other genres. In 1933 he founded the Zequinha de Abreu Band, with 25 musicians. He became an established and renowned composer; his compositions were recorded by several different interpreters and orchestras.

Reference

Agenda do Samba & Choro (2009). Zequinha de Abreu. Retrieved October 16, 2009 from

http://www.samba-choro.com.br/artistas/zequinhadeabreu

Answers.com (2009). Zequinha de Abreu. Retrieved October 16, 2009 from

http://www.answers.com/topic/zequinha-de-abreu

Classical Composers Database (2009). Brazilian composers. Zequinha de Abreu. Retrieved

October 16, 2009 from http://www.classical- composers.org/comp/abreu-zequinha

So Biografias (2002). Jose Gomes de Abreu. Retrieved October 16, 2009 from

http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/ biografias/ ZequinAb.html

Wikipedia (2009). Jose Gomes de Abreu. Retrieved October 16, 2009 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zequinha_de_Abreu

Discography

Principal Compositions

• Tico-Tico no Fubá
  


• Branca
  


• Tardes de Lindóia