Pablo
Casals i Defilló (El
Vendrell, 29 de dezembro de 1876 — San Juan de Porto Rico, 22 de
outubro de 1973)
foi um virtuoso
violoncelista
e maestro catalão. É
também amplamente conhecido pela versão castelhana (e de batismo) de seu nome: Pablo
Casals.
Pau
Carles Salvador Casals i Defilló nasceu na cidade de El
Vendrell, na província de Tarragona, Catalunha, Espanha. Seu
pai, Carles Casals i Ribes (1852–1908), era organista e
maestro do coral da paróquia, instruindo o filho em piano, violino e órgão. Sua mãe, Pilar Defilló, nasceu em Mayagüez,
Porto Rico de pais catalães.
Casals
demonstrou talento desde pequeno, obtendo fama internacional ainda jovem.
Centralizando as suas atividades de músico em Paris, percorreu a Europa e os Estados Unidos da América promovendo
concertos e recitais memoráveis, que sempre assombraram a audiência, críticos e
a imprensa especializada.
Ao
mesmo tempo, formou uma orquestra em Barcelona, atuando também como maestro.
Contudo, ela se desenvolveu na turbulência da revolta e guerra civil conduzida
pelo general Francisco Franco. Por ser um ardente patriota catalão e republicano, recusou-se a
viver sob a ditadura e exilou-se na França. Contudo, o amor pela pátria levou-o
a morar em Prades,
uma pequena cidade no sul da França no sopé dos Pirenéus,
não muito longe da sua terra natal.
Logo
depois eclodiu a Segunda Guerra Mundial e Casals continuou em
sua resoluta oposição contra o governo de Franco, combatendo também os
fascistas alemães e italianos que o apoiavam. Os nazistas o
ameaçaram, tentando suborná-lo, mas ele manteve-se firme em suas convicções e
ajudou os refugiados da Espanha fascista.
Quando
a guerra terminou e a paz voltou a reinar na França,
muitos músicos foram a Prades estudar com Casals.
Em
junho de 1950, a convite e insistência de Alexander Schneider, músico
violinista, entre outros músicos, aceitou fazer parte de um festival de música
de Bach. Foi o início do Festival de Prades, que mais tarde tornou-se conhecido
em todo o mundo.
Casals
foi convidado a dar um concerto, no dia 24 de outubro de 1958, para festejar o
dia das Nações Unidas, na sua sede em Nova York.
Nessa oportunidade Casals propôs a união da humanidade em busca da paz através
da Ode à Alegria de Beethoven.
Ironicamente,
Pau Casals tornou-se conhecido internacionalmente pelo seu nome em castelhano, Pablo, com a curiosidade de ser um grande
incentivador da luta contra a ditadura de Francisco
Franco e o domínio nazista. Por fim, o nome imposto pelo regime franquista,
ficou gravado e é por ele que é mais conhecido.
THE BLUES
ARE BREWIN’
BILLIE
HOLIDAY
SONGWRITERS: EDDIE DE LANGE & LOUIS ALTER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ÁLBUM: THE BLUES ARE BREWIN’/LP
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1958
Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17,
1959), known professionally as Billie Holiday, was an American jazzand swing musicsinger with a career spanning 26 years. Nicknamed "Lady Day"
by her friend and music partner Lester
Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz
music and popsinging. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz
instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasingand tempo. She was
known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills.
After a turbulent childhood, Holiday began
singing in nightclubs in Harlem, where
she was heard by producer John Hammond, who commended her voice. She
signed a recording contract with Brunswickin 1935. Collaborations with Teddy Wilsonyielded the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do",
which became a jazz standard. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Holiday had
mainstream success on labels such as Columbiaand Decca.
By the late 1940s,
however, she was beset with legal troubles and drug abuse. After
a short prison sentence, she performed at a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall,
but her reputation deteriorated because of her drug and alcohol problems.
She
was a successful concert performer throughout the 1950s with two further
sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall. Because of personal struggles and an altered
voice, her final recordings were met with mixed reaction but were mild
commercial successes. Her final album, Lady in Satin,
was released in 1958. Holiday died of cirrhosison July 17, 1959. She won four Grammy Awards,
all of them posthumously, for Best Historical Album. She was inducted into the Grammy
Hall of Famein 1973. Lady Sings the Blues, a film about her life,
starring Diana Ross,
was released in 1972. She is the primary character in the play (later made into
a film) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill; the
role was originated by Reenie Upchurch in 1986 and was played by Audra McDonaldon Broadwayand in the film. In 2017, Holiday was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.
When the moon's kinda
dreamy
Starry eyed and dreamy
And nights are luscious and long
If you're kinda lonely
Then nothin' but the blues are brewin'
The blues are brewin'
When the wind through
the window
Blows across your pillow
And tells you sleepin' is wrong
If love goes a thirsting
Till you feel like bursting
Then nothing but the blues are brewin'
The blues are brewin'
Suppose you want
somebody
But you ain't got nobody
You only got a gleam in your eyes
Till somebody's found you
And put their lovin' arms around you
You got the feelin' you want to die
But when the lord up above
you
Sends someone to love you
The blues are something you lose
You're so busy doing
The things that you're doing
That love ain't got no time
For brewin' the blues.
MULHERES
DE ATENAS
CHICO
BUARQUE
COMPOSITORES:
CHICO BUARQUE E AUGUSTO BOAL
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: MEUS CAROS AMIGOS
GRAVADORA: PHILIPS
RECORDS
GÊNERO: M.P.B.
ANO: 1976
Meus Caros Amigos é um álbum do músico brasileiro Chico
Buarque, lançado em 1976.
O álbum conta com a participação
de Milton Nascimento na faixa "O Que Será? (A
Flor da Terra)" e traz ainda várias músicas compostas por Chico para peças
e filmes: Mulheres de Atenas foi escrita por Chico e Augusto
Boal para a peça Lisa, a Mulher Libertadora, de Boal. "Vai
Trabalhar, Vagabundo" foi composta por Chico para o filme de mesmo nome, do diretor Hugo
Carvana. Passaredo e "A Noiva da Cidade" foram escritas por Chico
e Francis
Hime para o filme A Noiva da Cidade de Alex
Vianny. "Basta um Dia" foi escrita por Chico para a peça Gota
d'Água, de Chico e Paulo Pontes.
Mirem-se
no exemplo
Daquelas
mulheres de Atenas
Vivem
pros seus maridos
Orgulho
e raça de Atenas
Quando
amadas, se perfumam
Se
banham com leite, se arrumam
Suas
melenas
Quando
fustigadas não choram
Se
ajoelham, pedem imploram
Mais
duras penas; cadenas
Mirem-se
no exemplo
Daquelas
mulheres de Atenas
Sofrem
pros seus maridos
Poder
e força de Atenas
Quando
eles embarcam soldados
Elas
tecem longos bordados
Mil
quarentenas
E
quando eles voltam, sedentos
Querem
arrancar, violentos
Carícias
plenas, obscenas
Mirem-se
no exemplo
Daquelas
mulheres de Atenas
Despem-se
pros maridos
Bravos
guerreiros de Atenas
Quando
eles se entopem de vinho
Costumam
buscar um carinho
De
outras falenas
Mas
no fim da noite, aos pedaços
Quase
sempre voltam pros braços
De
suas pequenas, Helenas
Mirem-se
no exemplo
Daquelas
mulheres de Atenas:
Geram
pros seus maridos
Os
novos filhos de Atenas.
REGRAS PARA A MULHER ATENIENSE:
VIDA DOMÉSTICA
(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU
BRYAN ADAMS
SONGWRITERS: KAMEN;
LANGE; ADAMS; ROBERT JOHN LANGE; BRYAN ADAMS & MICHAEL KAMEN
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES
LABEL: A&M RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
WAKING UP THE NEIGHBOURS
YEAR:1991
Bryan Guy Adams OCOBC(born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian
guitarist, singer, composer, record producer, photographer, philanthropist, and
activist.
Adams rose to fame in Canada and the United
States with his 1983 album Cuts
Like a Knife. His 1984 album Recklessmade him a global star and
yielded some of his best-known songs, including "Run to You", "Summer of '69",
and the U.S. number one hit "Heaven". In 1991, Adams released
the album Waking Up the Neighbours, which
included the song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You";
the song became a worldwide hit, reached number one in many countries, and held
the top spot in the charts in the United Kingdom for a record 16 consecutive
weeks. Other U.S. Billboard Hot 100number-one hit singles by Adams are "All
for Love" and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". Adams
released his Ultimatecollection in 2017; it
included two new songs, "Please Stay" and "Ultimate Love".
He co-wrote his first Broadway musical, Pretty Woman: The Musical, in
2018.
For his contributions to music, Adams has
garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awardsamong 56 nominations and 15 Grammy Awardnominations, including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion
Picture or Televisionin 1992. Adams
has been nominated for five Golden
Globe Awardsand three Academy Awardsfor his songwriting for films. Adams has been inducted into the Hollywood
Walk of Fame, Canada's
Walk of Fame, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame, and the
Canadian Music Hall of Fame. In
2008, Adams was ranked 38th on the list of all-time top artists in the Billboard
Hot 100 50th Anniversary Charts. On 1 May 2010, Adams received the Governor General's Performing Arts Awardfor his 30 years of contributions to the arts.
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan
Adams. Written by Adams, Michael Kamen,
and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, it
featured on two albums simultaneously on its release: the soundtrack album from
the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thievesand on Adams's sixth album, Waking Up the Neighbours(1991).
The
song was an enormous chart success internationally, reaching the number-one
position on the music charts of at least sixteen countries. It
is particularly notable for its success in the United Kingdom, where it spent
sixteen consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,
the longest uninterrupted run ever on that chart as of 2020. It went on to sell
more than 15 million copies worldwide, making it Adams's most successful song,
and one of the best-selling singlesof all time. The
single sold over 4 million units in the US, the 4th highest selling song of the
Soundscan era which started in 1991. The song has been covered by hundreds of
singers and artists around the world.
Look into my eyes You will see what you mean to me Search your heart, search your soul And when you find me there You'll search no more Don't tell me It's not worth trying for You can't tell me It's not worth dying for You know it's true Everything I do, I do it for you Look into your heart You will find There's nothing there to hide Take me as I am, take my life I would give it all I would sacrifice Don't tell me It's not worth fighting for I can't help it There's nothing I want more You know it's true Everything I do, I do it for you There's no love like
your love And no other could give more love There's nowhere, unless you're there All the time, all the way yeah Oh, you can't tell me It's not worth trying for I can't help it There's nothing I want more I would fight for you I'd lie for you Walk the wire for you Yeah, I'd die for you You know it's true Everything I do I do it for you.