
About
Radamés Gnattali
Overview
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
Acting |
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2020 | Garoto - Vivo Sonhando | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
2005 | Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
1991 | Nosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1986 | Brasília, Uma Sinfonia | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
Sound |
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1983 | Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1981 | They Don't Wear Black Tie | Sound | Music Director | 61 Fair |
1978 | Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1977 | O Jogo da Vida | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1969 | A Doce Mulher Amada | Sound | Orchestrator | N/A N/A |
1966 | Onde a Terra Começa | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1965 | The Deceased | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1965 | My Home Is Copacabana | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1965 | Grande Sertão | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1962 | Esse Rio que Eu Amo | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1962 | Assassinato em Copacabana | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1960 | Sai Dessa, Recruta | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1959 | Dona Xêpa | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1959 | The Man of The Sputnik | Sound | Music Director | 58 Average |
1959 | The Man of The Sputnik | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1959 | Eu Sou o Tal | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1959 | Quem Roubou Meu Samba? | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1959 | Titio Não é Sopa | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
1958 | Shut Up, Etelvina | Sound | Music | 59 Average |
1958 | O Camelô da Rua Larga | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1958 | O Barbeiro Que Se Vira | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1957 | Rio, Northern Zone | Sound | Original Music Composer | 60 Fair |
1957 | O Noivo da Girafa | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1956 | Fuzileiro do Amor | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1956 | Quem Sabe... Sabe! | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1955 | O Feijão é Nosso | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1955 | Rio, 100 Degrees F° | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1955 | O Diamante | Sound | Original Music Composer | 59 Average |
1955 | O Rei do Movimento | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1954 | Marujo Por Acaso | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1952 | Nadando em Dinheiro | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1952 | Sai da Frente | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1952 | Tico-Tico no Fubá | Sound | Original Music Composer | 58 Average |
1951 | Pecado de Nina | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1950 | Somos Dois | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1950 | Estrela da Manhã | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1949 | A Escrava Isaura | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1943 | Entra na Farra | Sound | Orchestrator | N/A N/A |
1942 | Clay | Sound | Music Director | 58 Average |
1942 | Clay | Sound | Music | 58 Average |
1942 | O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1940 | Eternal Hope | Sound | Orchestrator | N/A N/A |
1940 | Pureza | Sound | Original Music Composer | N/A N/A |
1939 | Onde Estás, Felicidade? | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1937 | Maria Bonita | Sound | Music | N/A N/A |
1933 | Rough Gang | Sound | Music | 59 Average |