Museu do fado amalia rodrigues biography
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Updated on 5 July 2024
Original article published on 28 October 2020
Tracing Amália Rodrigues in Lisbon reveals to you marks of the Portuguese artist, perhaps the one with the most important legacy of the history of popular music in Portugal in the 20th century.
Her artistic contribution was determinant for the development and internationalization of fadoand she’s considered by many one of its best interpreters.
As it should be, Amália Rodrigues (1920-1999) sang Lisbon.
The city is a recurring topic in countless fados: Gaivota, Ai Lisboa, Lisboa à Noite, Lisboa Antiga, Ai Mouraria, Há Festa na Mouraria, Maria Lisboa, Madrugada de Alfama…
But also in popular marches so famous that even today everyone sings them on the night of Saint Anthony, which is part of the Lisbon Festivities: Noite de Santo António, Lá Vai Lisboa, Lisboa dos Milagres, Lisboa dos Manjericos, Lisboa Noiva do Fado, Lisboa Não Sejas Francesa, among others. As well as many marches from the popular neighbourhoods, such as Mouraria, Alcântara, Alfama, Benfica, São Vicente…
Amália is a phenomenon of popularity that remains alive in many tributes that, in different ways and in different places, are present in the city where she was born.
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History
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Amália Rodrigues (Portugal, 1920-1999)
DISCOGRAPHY
This selection of recordings encompass Amália Rodrigues most well-known works, including The Art of Amália Rodrigues and Amália No Olympia. These works serve to illustrate Amália's musical evolution through her career. These resources are only available to authorized users of Indiana University.
Portugal's Great Amália Rodrigues Live at the Olympia Theatre
The Art of Amália Rodrigues Vol. I
The Art of Amália Rodrigues Vol. II
Best of Fado - Tribute to Amália Rodrigues, Sung by Matilde Larguinho
Amália No Olympia
- Amália No Olympia. Recorded March 31, 2008. IPLAY, 2008, streaming audio. (Alexander Street Press)
For additional works by Amália Rodrigues available at Alexander Street, click here.
FILMOGRAPHY
- Miranda, Armando de. Capas negras. Exclusivos Triunfo, 1947.
- Queiroga, Perdigão. Fado, história d'uma cantadeira. Lisboa Filme, 1947.
- Wenders, Wim. Until the End of the World. Warner Brothers, 1991.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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For additional works on Amália Rodrigues available at IU Bloomington Librarie