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    Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa ([ɡaw ˈkɔs ta]...
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    1991 – Os Trapalhões E A Árvore da Juventude Wikiquote has quotations related to Renato Aragão. "Humorista Renato Aragão reativa sua inscrição junto à OAB...
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    United Nations General Assembly building;New York Giunta, Andrea, ed. Cândido Portinari y el sentido social del arte. Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI 2005. Vitureira...
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    Jorge Aragão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔʁʒi aɾaˈɡɐ̃w], (b. March 1, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro), birth name Jorge Aragão da Cruz) is a Brazilian musician...
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    José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is...
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    movida pelos tenentes". A Defesa Nacional. Vol. 101, no. 824. Aragão, Isabel Lopez (2011). Da caserna ao cárcere - uma identidade militar-rebelde construída...
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    statesman. Abravanel attended primary school at the Escola Municipal Celestino da Silva, and graduated from Colégio Estadual Amaro Cavalcanti. Abravanel worked...
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    It Was"), "Maria, Maria", "Canção da América" ("Song from America"/"Unencounter"), "Travessia" ("Bridges"), "Bailes da Vida", and "Coração de Estudante"...
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    parents. His father Joaquim Ribeiro da Costa, from Salvador, was a naval engineer, and his mother Alina Ferreira da Costa, was from Manaus. He was educated...
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    spirit of these early Miranda films. The 1939 musical Banana da Terra (directed by Ruy Costa) gave the world her "Baiana" image, inspired by Afro-Brazilians...
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    1936) is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is best known in Brazilian music for his orchestration...
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    Paulo Mendes da Rocha (October 25, 1928 – May 23, 2021) was a Brazilian architect. Mendes da Rocha attended the Mackenzie Presbyterian University College...
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    Sociedade da Grã-Ordem Kavernista Apresenta Sessão das 10 (with Sérgio Sampaio, Míriam Batucada and Edy Star) 1973 – Os 24 Maiores Sucessos da Era do Rock...
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    de Edu Lobo e Gianfrancesco Guarnieri; "Carcará" de João do Vale e José Cândido, com Zé Keti e João do Vale; "Notícia de jornal") Garota de Ipanema O homem...
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    Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB....
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    Telles Veloso (known as Dona Canô). He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in northeastern Brazil, but moved to Salvador...
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    Angela Maria (13 May 1929 – 29 September 2018), the stage name of Abelim Maria da Cunha, was a Brazilian singer and actress. She was elected "Queen of the Radio"...
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    they lived at number 367 in the Praça Maciel Pinheiro and later in the Rua da Imperatriz. In Recife, where her father continued to struggle economically...
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    Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including...
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    Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliʒiɐ faˈɡũdʒis ˈtɛlis]; 19 April 1918 – 3 April 2022), also known...
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    music anthology album in Portugal. Here, she met music producer José "Djô" da Silva, who signed Évora to his record label, Lusafrica. She released her debut...
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  • Reginaldo Faria Renato Aragão Reynaldo Gianecchini Ricardo Blat Ricardo Pereira Ricardo Tozzi Ricky Tavares Robertchay Domingues da Rocha Filho Roberto Guilherme...
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  • (PDF). FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 August 2023. Aragão, Mirna. "COSTA, Cândido" (PDF). FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 August 2023...
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    Junior (1850–1899) Anita Malfatti (1889–1964) Arthur Timotheo da Costa (1882–1922) Cândido Portinari (1903–1962) Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976) Iberê...
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    George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɣuʃˈtiɲu ðɐ ˈsilvɐ]; Porto, 13 February 1906 – Lisbon, 3 April 1994) was a Portuguese...
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    Oliveira Basílio da Gama Bernardo Guimarães Casimiro de Abreu Castro Alves Cláudio Manuel da Costa Gonçalves de Magalhães Evaristo da Veiga Fagundes Varela...
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  • Brazilian philosopher and literary critic. He was born Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes in Belém, a major city in the north of Brazil, where he was later...
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    2013. Retrieved 21 January 2020. "Ricardo 'Gordo' se torna um dos sócios da Conspiração". propmark (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 October 2015. Retrieved...
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    Circensis (Philips), with Nara Leão, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Zé. This was also when they recorded their first LP, Os Mutantes...
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    She is the second Brazilian honored as an ambassador for UNICEF (Renato Aragão was the first). She is also an ambassador for UNAIDS and UNESCO. She has...
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