[1]Alexandre Gnattali Filho (1918-1990) studied piano with his father and sister Aida and harmony with conductor Roberto Eggers, in Porto Alegre. In 1943 he moved to Rio de Janeiro to study harmony, counterpoint and composition with Newton Pádua. He joined Rádio Nacional as a copyist, soon becoming arranger and conductor, remaining there until the mid-1960s, when Rádio Nacional collapsed. He is soon hired by the extinct TV Excelsior and joins the CBS label, as an arranger and conductor, where he remains until he retires. He worked intensively as a composer, arranger and orchestra director for phonographic recordings, film, theater, radio and television scores Among others, he directed the Brazilian production of the American musical My fair lady, in 1961, with Bibi Ferreira and Paulo Autran. He signed the musical direction of several films, such as O Petróleo é nosso (1954), Carnaval em Marte (1954), Treze Cadeiras (1957), Rio Zona Norte (1958) de Nelson Pereira dos Santos, O grande momento (1958), O Homem do Sputnik (1959), Minervina vem aí! (1959), Quanto mais samba, melhor (1961), Os Apavorados (1962), Entre mulheres e espiões (1962), entre outros. He married in 1950 the singer Juanita Castilho (pseudonym of Clarisse Maria de Noronha), with whom he had two daughters, Sandra and Carla.

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