Beautiful Music in Difficult Times January 30

Beautiful Music today by a composer whose name may be new to you: Joaquim Manoel da Câmara. He was born in Rio de Janeiro in around 1780 — three decades after the end of the baroque era — and he was especially known for writing modinhas, a form of popular Portuguese songs. These are a few examples of Joaquim Manoel da Câmara’s music.

(9) Joaquim Manuel da Camara – Quem quer comprar qu’eu vendo – Segréis de Lisboa – YouTube

(9) Por que me dizes chorando- JOAQUIM MANOEL DA CAMARA~ Brazilian Modinhas from the Early XIX Century – YouTube

(9) Modinha: Desde o dia em que eu nasci | Violin and Guitar | Period instruments – YouTube

(9) Sigismund Neukomm – L’Amoureux (fantasia inspirada em modinha de Joaquim Manoel da Câmara) – YouTube

 

 

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