He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally.
In 1965 his album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won for Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album's single "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema"), one of the most recorded songs of all time, won the Record of the Year. Jobim has left many songs that are now included in jazz and pop standard repertoires. The song "Garota de Ipanema" has been recorded over 240 times by other artists. His 1967 album with Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim, was nominated for Album of the Year in 1968.
Antônio Carlos Jobim was born in the middle-class district of Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro. His father, Jorge de Oliveira Jobim (São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, April 23, 1889 – July 19, 1935), was a writer, diplomat, professor and journalist. He came from a prominent family, being the great nephew of José Martins da Cruz Jobim, senator, privy councillor and physician of Emperor Dom Pedro II. While studying medicine in Europe, José Martins added Jobim to his last name, paying homage to the village where his family came from in Portugal, the parish of Santa Cruz de Jovim, Porto. His mother, Nilza Brasileiro de Almeida (c. 1910 – November 17, 1989), was of Indigenous Brazilian descent from Northeastern Brazil.
When Antônio was still an infant, his parents separated and his mother moved with her children (Antônio Carlos and his sister Helena Isaura, born February 23, 1931) to Ipanema, the beachside neighborhood the composer would later celebrate in his songs. In 1935, when the elder Jobim died, Nilza married Celso da Frota Pessoa (died February 2, 1979), who would encourage his stepson's career. He was the one who gave Jobim his first piano. As a young man of limited means, Jobim earned his living by playing in nightclubs and bars and later as an arranger for a recording label, before starting to achieve success as a composer.
Jobim's musical roots were planted firmly in the work of Pixinguinha, the legendary musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in the 1930s. Among his teachers were Lúcia Branco and, from 1941 on, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, a German composer who lived in Brazil and introduced atonal and twelve-tone composition in the country. Jobim was also influenced by the French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and by the Brazilian composers Heitor Villa-Lobos and Ary Barroso. The bossa nova guitar style in Jobim's music has become firmly entrenched in jazz culture. Among many themes, his lyrics talked about love, self-discovery, betrayal, joy and especially about the birds and natural wonders of Brazil, like the "Mata Atlântica" forest, characters of Brazilian folklore and his home city of Rio de Janeiro.
In early 1994, after finishing his album Antonio Brasileiro, Jobim complained to his doctor, Roberto Hugo Costa Lima, of urinary problems. He underwent an operation at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on December 2, 1994. On December 8, while recovering from surgery, he had a cardiac arrest caused by a pulmonary embolism, and two hours later another cardiac arrest, from which he died. He was survived by his children and grandchildren. His last album, Antonio Brasileiro, was released posthumously three days after his death.
His body lay in state until given a proper burial on December 20, 1994. He is buried in the Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro.
O Que Tinha de Ser
Antônio Carlos Jobim Lyrics
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Encontrar-te me fez criança
Porque já eras meu, sem eu saber sequer
Porque és o meu homem, e eu tua mulher
Porque tu me chegaste
Sem me dizer que vinhas
E tuas mãos foram minhas com calma
Porque foste em minh'alma como um amanhecer
The lyrics of "O Que Tinha de Ser" by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina explore the underlying emotions and feelings that arise when two individuals come together in love. The opening line, "Porque foste na vida a última esperança" translates to "Because you were in life my last hope." This line expresses the idea that the person being addressed is seen as the final chance for the singer to find happiness and fulfillment in their life.
The lyrics further emphasize the transformative power of the relationship by stating, "Encontrar-te me fez criança" which means "Finding you made me a child again." Here, the singer is highlighting the rejuvenating effect of their connection, implying that their loved one brings back feelings of innocence, joy, and wonder.
The song continues by acknowledging the deep bond between the two, stating, "Porque já eras meu, sem eu saber sequer" which means "Because you were already mine, without my even knowing." This line suggests that the connection was destined to happen, that the two souls were meant to find each other, even before they were aware of it.
The final lines of the song, "Porque foste o que tinha de ser" which translates to "Because you were what had to be" encompasses the overall message of the song. It recognizes that the union between the singer and their loved one was inevitable and necessary, the culmination of everything they had been searching for.
Line by Line Meaning
Porque foste na vida a última esperança
Because you were in my life the last hope
Encontrar-te me fez criança
Meeting you made me feel like a child
Porque já eras meu, sem eu saber sequer
Because you already belonged to me, even without me knowing
Porque és o meu homem, e eu tua mulher
Because you are my man, and I am your woman
Porque tu me chegaste
Because you arrived to me
Sem me dizer que vinhas
Without telling me that you were coming
E tuas mãos foram minhas com calma
And your hands were mine calmly
Porque foste em minh'alma como um amanhecer
Because you were in my soul like a dawn
Porque foste o que tinha de ser
Because you were what had to be
Lyrics © VM ENTERPRISES INC, CORCOVADO MUSIC CORPORATION, Tratore
Written by: Marcus Vinicius Da Cruz De M. Moraes, Antonio Carlos Brasileiro De A Jobim
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@solangeferreiradasilva1287
Essa música parece com o meu amor pelo meu saudoso amado😢😢😢👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@valfaria8407
Essa música representa tudo o que entendo por amor. Pouco tempo antes de partir, meu pai, que viveu para adorar minha mãe, me disse que ela representava, exatamente, o que mamãe significava, para ele. Fiquei com esse momento guardado, eternizado em mim, imaginando se eu tbm teria alguém que iria ser essa música em mim. Hoje, a enviei a alguém a quem amo, infinitamente, e por quem sou amada, exatamente assim. Fechei um ciclo e agradeci a Deus por ter respondido aos meus pensamentos, colocando o meu amor, o meu Felipe, em minha existência. Minha gratidão é sem tamanho e o meu coração transborda. Obrigada amor, por me dar a chance de conhecer a imensidão desse sentimento, em toda a sua plenitude. Te amo pra sempre!!!
@valfaria8407
Obrigada, Henrique Laterza, por postá-la e me dar a oportunidade de agradecer à vida, por todo o amor que tive e tenho.
@felipetadeu9935
Sei que aqui não é um lugar para ficar fazendo declarações, porém não posso deixar responder a um texto e gesto tão lindo feito pelo amor da minha vida. Fiquei lisonjeado de receber uma música tão linda e com vários significados profundos, e quero te dizer Anjinha que você é o ser mais incrível desse mundo, que sua luz é algo que me encanta todos os dias! Como eu já te disse algumas vezes, você é o meu sol da manhã que espanta todos os meus medos e todo o frio e solidão que a noite traz, e também é a minha lua, que não permite que a escuridão me consuma! Eu te amo como nunca amei alguém em minha vida!
@renanbernardes
Ler essa troca de mensagens me encheu de lágrimas. Também tenho alguém na minha vida por quem sinto esse amor ❤. Muita felicidade aos dois
@valfaria8407
@@renanbernardes Que maravilhoso saber que esse amor, essa entrega, essa comunhão de almas ainda existe, em tempos tão conturbados, onde os grandes encontros são cada vez mais raros. Obrigada por se comover com os nossos sentimentos . Vc tbm nos tocou profundamente, ao compreender nossa emoção. Que vc seja tão feliz como nós somos, ao lado do seu amor. Receba, nestas palavras, toda a extensão do nosso carinho e desejos de que vc tenha tudo de melhor que houver nessa vida, pessoa linda! 😍🥰❤
@renanbernardes
@@valfaria8407muito obrigado pelas palavras. Desejo todo o amor do mundo pra vocês. Por aqui, mandamos beijinhos eu e a minha amada Mariana ❤
@renangaldino4846
A qualidade dessa música é inacreditável. Música e poesia na medida certa. Curto, intenso e minimalista.
@carlosdasilva3993
No Rio de Janeiro, nós íamos para
"O Beco das Garrafas ". Ver e ouvir
as férias cantarem. Era legal ser
"melancólico ", e tentar cantar como a Elis. Hoje, sou velho mas tenho a Elis ainda comigo. Ela nunca partiu, continuo melancólico, e ainda sonho de antes de partir, cantar como ela.
Acho que não vai acontecer. Lá
do outro lado, vou pedir a ela que continue cantando.
Elis, você tinha que ser.
@entaotane917
Profunda e intensa sem precisar gritar… ela era muito completa