Radamés Gnattali
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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.
Known for
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movieMarc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025
2025
Original Music Composer
movieThey Don't Wear Black Tie
1981
Music Director
movieSítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro
1978
Original Music Composer
movieA Doce Mulher Amada
1969
Orchestrator
movieOnde a Terra Começa
1966
Original Music Composer
movieThe Deceased
1965
Original Music Composer
movieMy Home Is Copacabana
1965
Original Music Composer
movieGrande Sertão
1965
Original Music Composer
movieSai Dessa, Recruta
1960
Original Music Composer
movieDona Xêpa
1959
Music
movieO Homem do Sputnik
1959
Music Director, Original Music Composer
movieQuem Roubou Meu Samba?
1959
Original Music Composer
movieEu Sou o Tal
1959
Original Music Composer
movieO Camelô da Rua Larga
1958
Original Music Composer
movieO Barbeiro Que Se Vira
1958
Original Music Composer
movieRio, Northern Zone
1957
Original Music Composer
movieO Noivo da Girafa
1957
Original Music Composer
movieQuem Sabe... Sabe!
1956
Original Music Composer
movieO Feijão é Nosso
1955
Original Music Composer
movieRio, 100 Degrees F°
1955
Original Music Composer
movieO Diamante
1955
Original Music Composer
movieO Rei do Movimento
1955
Original Music Composer
movieMarujo Por Acaso
1954
Original Music Composer
movieNadando em Dinheiro
1952
Original Music Composer
movieTico-Tico no Fubá
1952
Original Music Composer
moviePecado de Nina
1951
Original Music Composer
movieSomos Dois
1950
Original Music Composer
movieEntra na Farra
1943
Orchestrator, Music
movieClay
1942
Music Director, Music
movieO Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca
1942
Original Music Composer
movieEternal Hope
1940
Orchestrator
moviePureza
1940
Original Music Composer
movieRough Gang
1933
Music
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movieGaroto - Vivo Sonhando
2020
Self (archive footage)
movieCoisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
Self (archive footage)
