1960

  • The Sexteto Radamés Gnattali tours Europe for 3 months, joining the III Caravana Oficial de Música Popular Brasileira [1].
  • Radamés Gnattali Sextet: in the photo below, Radamés, the band’s leader and arranger, on the piano; his sister Aída Gnattali (second piano), José Menezes (electric guitar), and Edu da Gaita (special guest on this tour). In the background, from left to right: Pedro Vidal (bass), Luciano Perrone (drums), and Chiquinho do Acordeom. At the end, composer Luiz Bandeira, invited to participate in the caravan as a singer. Not pictured is the theatrologist Joraci Camargo (1898-1973), who accompanied the group as script writer and master of ceremonies. The author of the piece Deus lhe pague had the function, during the concerts, of leading the European listener to understand certain characteristics of Brazilian popular music, without didacticism, with interesting and punctual texts.

 

  • The Program Ondas e Estrelas (uma parceria da Rádio Nacional com a TV Rio – canal 13) transmite diretamente da Sala Leopoldo Miguês, da Escola Nacional de Música da UFRJ, concerto da Orquestra Sinfônica da Rádio Nacional. On the program, two works by Radamés Gnattali: the ballet O Negrinho do Pastoreio para orquestra, com regência do autor, e Brasiliana nº 6 – concerto para piano e orquestra, com regência de Ercole Varetto, tendo Radamés como solista. (Source: Diário Carioca, RJ, January 24).
  • Radamés records the elepê
    Secret for two
    with orchestra and choir, containing hits from the Brazilian popular songbook.
  • Odeon releases the elepê Radamés in Europe, with his Sexteto e Edu – vol.1.

  • Radamés composes:

    • Brasiliana nº 9 – for cello and chamber orchestra
      (completed in 1961) – dedicated to Paulo Santos
    • O negrinho do pastoreio (ballet) for large orchestra [2]

    • Choreographic Sonatina (four dance movements) for two pianos
       (from the original for piano solo, 1950)
    • Sonatina for flute and string orchestra [3] (transcribed from Sonatina for flute and guitar – or piano -, 1959)

    • Three movements for small orchestra
       (taken from Sonatina for guitar and piano, 1957)
  • Premiere of the play A mais valia vai acabar seu Edgar, by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, with music by Carlos Lyra, at the School of Architecture’s Arena Theater. It is the birth of the popular protest song.
  • Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and his wife, writer Simone de Beauvoir, visit Brazil and are honored by the federal government.
  • April 21st marks the inauguration of Brasília, the new capital of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, formerly the Federal District, is renamed Guanabara State.
  • Jânio da Silva Quadros, supported by a coalition of conservative parties, is elected president of the Republic. João Goulart, from the PTB (Brazilian Labor Party) is elected vice-president.

[1] The Sexteto Radamés Gnattali performs in Lisbon (Portugal), at the São Luís and São Carlos theaters. In the latter, Radamés presents his Concerto nº 1 para harmônica de boca e orquestra de câmara, with Eduardo Nadruz (Edu da Gaita) as a soloist of the Symphony Orchestra of the Conservatory of Music of Porto, conducted by the author. The Sextet heads to the city of Porto and Coimbra. In France, he performs at the Richelieu Amphitheater, the Sorbonne, the National Conservatory and French Radio and TV in Paris. In London, he performs at the BBC, Wigmore Hall, the University of Oxford and the Royal College of Art. In Rome, he appears on Italian TV and in cultural houses. See more in Revista Radiolândia nº294 de 21/11/1959 (pg. 25) (pg. 26) (pg. 27) (pg. 56) (font: Hemeroteca da Biblioteca Nacional)

[2] 1st page annotation “Do livro ‘Contos gauchescos e lendas do sul’, de J. Simões Lopes Neto”.

[3] 1st page annotation “Gravado em disco Capitol em Los Angeles por Marthim Rutherman (flauta) e Laurindo Almeida (violão) em 1960”. The question remains whether the note refers to the recording of the sonatina in its original form, for flute and guitar.

 

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