About

Known credits:
50
Birthday:
1906-01-27
Place of birth:
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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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
2020 Garoto - Vivo Sonhando Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2005 Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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1991 Nosso Amigo Radamés Gnattali Actor Self N/A
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1986 Brasília, Uma Sinfonia Actor Self N/A
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Sound
1983 Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres Sound Music 58
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1981 They Don't Wear Black Tie Sound Music Director 61
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1978 Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1977 O Jogo da Vida Sound Music N/A
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1969 A Doce Mulher Amada Sound Orchestrator N/A
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1966 Onde a Terra Começa Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1965 The Deceased Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1965 My Home Is Copacabana Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1965 Grande Sertão Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1962 Esse Rio que Eu Amo Sound Music N/A
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1962 Assassinato em Copacabana Sound Music N/A
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1960 Sai Dessa, Recruta Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1959 Dona Xêpa Sound Music N/A
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1959 The Man of The Sputnik Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1959 The Man of The Sputnik Sound Music Director 58
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1959 Titio Não é Sopa Sound Music 59
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1959 Quem Roubou Meu Samba? Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1959 Eu Sou o Tal Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1958 Shut Up, Etelvina Sound Music 59
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1958 O Camelô da Rua Larga Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1958 O Barbeiro Que Se Vira Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1957 Rio, Northern Zone Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1957 O Noivo da Girafa Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1956 Fuzileiro do Amor Sound Music 58
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1956 Quem Sabe... Sabe! Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1955 O Feijão é Nosso Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1955 Rio, 100 Degrees F° Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1955 O Diamante Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1955 O Rei do Movimento Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1954 Marujo Por Acaso Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1952 Nadando em Dinheiro Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1952 Sai da Frente Sound Music 58
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1952 Tico-Tico no Fubá Sound Original Music Composer 58
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1951 Pecado de Nina Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1950 Somos Dois Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1950 Estrela da Manhã Sound Music N/A
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1949 A Escrava Isaura Sound Music N/A
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1943 Entra na Farra Sound Orchestrator N/A
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1942 Clay Sound Music 58
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1942 Clay Sound Music Director 58
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1942 O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1940 Eternal Hope Sound Orchestrator N/A
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1940 Pureza Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1939 Onde Estás, Felicidade? Sound Music N/A
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1937 Maria Bonita Sound Music N/A
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1933 Rough Gang Sound Music 58
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