Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento (Exu, Pernambuco, December 13, 1912 — Recife, Pe… Read Full Bio ↴Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento (Exu, Pernambuco, December 13, 1912 — Recife, Pernambuco, August 2, 1989) was a prominent Brazilian folk singer, songwriter, musician and poet. Born in the countryside of Pernambuco, he is considered to be responsible for the promotion of Northeastern ("nordeste") music throughout the rest of the country. He is also known as the "king of baiao" and "Gonzagão".
The son of a peasant and accordion player, he was attracted to the 8-bass accordion at an early age, although he started out by accompanying his father by playing the zabumba (a type of bass drum) and singing at parties and religious celebrations. He left home in 1930 to join the army, and toured Brazil with an army band until 1939. Gonzaga decided to remain in Rio de Janeiro with a recently purchased accordion. He performed in the streets and in bars, playing boleros, waltzes and tangos.
After noticing that the Northeastern immigrants missed the music from their hometowns, he started to give listeners the sort of music they craved to hear: xaxados, baiões, chamegos and cocos. At Ary Barroso’s talent show, Luiz Gonzaga played his chamego "Vira e Mexe" and was acclaimed by the audience and by the dreaded host, who gave him the highest score.
In 1943, he dressed up in typical Northeastern costumes for the first time to perform live, and got hyped. Later on, as well as playing popular tunes on the accordion, he began to sing his own material, and his skills as a songwriter were revealed.
Gonzaga's son, Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Júnior, known as Gonzaguinha, born 1945, was also a noted Brazilian singer and composer.
His greatest hit ever, "Asa Branca" (written with Humberto Teixeira), was recorded in 1947 and was covered countless times by many different artists. He worked on the radio until 1954, enjoying huge popularity. He is widely recognized for singlehandedly taking the baião style and the accordion to a wide audience. For a time RCA (now BMG), his recording label, was almost exclusively dedicated to printing his singles and albums. During the 60's, as the public taste shifted to bossa nova and iê-iê-iê, he found himself increasingly stranded from big city stages, so he toured the countryside, where his popularity never abated.
In the 70s and 80s, he slowly re-emerged, partly due to covers of his songs by famous artists like Geraldo Vandré, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, his son Gonzaguinha and Milton Nascimento. Some of his greatest hits are "Vozes da Seca" ("Voices From Drought"), "Algodão" ("Cotton"), "A Dança da Moda" ("The Dance In Fashion"), "ABC do Sertão" ("The ABC of Sertão"), "Derramaro o Gai" ("They Spilt the Gas"), "A Letra I" ("The 'i' letter"), "Imbalança" ("Shake It"), "A Volta da Asa-Branca" ("The Return Of The Picazuro Pigeon"), "Cintura Fina" ("Slender Waist"), "O Xote das Meninas" ("The Girls' Schottische", written with Zé Dantas, and "Juazeiro", "Paraíba", "Mangaratiba", "Baião-de-Dois", "No Meu Pé de Serra" ("There In My Homeland"), "Assum Preto" ("Blue-back Grassquit"), "Légua Tirana" ("Tyrannical league"), "Qui Nem Jiló" ("Like Solanum gilo", written with Humberto Teixeira. Other successful collaborations resulted in "Tá Bom Demais" ("It's Very Good") (with Onildo de Almeida), "Danado de Bom" ("Very Good") (with João Silva), "Dezessete e Setecentos" ("Seventeen And Seven hundred") and "Cortando o Pano" ("Cutting Cloth") (both with Miguel Lima).
Gonzaga died of natural causes at the age of 76.
The son of a peasant and accordion player, he was attracted to the 8-bass accordion at an early age, although he started out by accompanying his father by playing the zabumba (a type of bass drum) and singing at parties and religious celebrations. He left home in 1930 to join the army, and toured Brazil with an army band until 1939. Gonzaga decided to remain in Rio de Janeiro with a recently purchased accordion. He performed in the streets and in bars, playing boleros, waltzes and tangos.
After noticing that the Northeastern immigrants missed the music from their hometowns, he started to give listeners the sort of music they craved to hear: xaxados, baiões, chamegos and cocos. At Ary Barroso’s talent show, Luiz Gonzaga played his chamego "Vira e Mexe" and was acclaimed by the audience and by the dreaded host, who gave him the highest score.
In 1943, he dressed up in typical Northeastern costumes for the first time to perform live, and got hyped. Later on, as well as playing popular tunes on the accordion, he began to sing his own material, and his skills as a songwriter were revealed.
Gonzaga's son, Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Júnior, known as Gonzaguinha, born 1945, was also a noted Brazilian singer and composer.
His greatest hit ever, "Asa Branca" (written with Humberto Teixeira), was recorded in 1947 and was covered countless times by many different artists. He worked on the radio until 1954, enjoying huge popularity. He is widely recognized for singlehandedly taking the baião style and the accordion to a wide audience. For a time RCA (now BMG), his recording label, was almost exclusively dedicated to printing his singles and albums. During the 60's, as the public taste shifted to bossa nova and iê-iê-iê, he found himself increasingly stranded from big city stages, so he toured the countryside, where his popularity never abated.
In the 70s and 80s, he slowly re-emerged, partly due to covers of his songs by famous artists like Geraldo Vandré, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, his son Gonzaguinha and Milton Nascimento. Some of his greatest hits are "Vozes da Seca" ("Voices From Drought"), "Algodão" ("Cotton"), "A Dança da Moda" ("The Dance In Fashion"), "ABC do Sertão" ("The ABC of Sertão"), "Derramaro o Gai" ("They Spilt the Gas"), "A Letra I" ("The 'i' letter"), "Imbalança" ("Shake It"), "A Volta da Asa-Branca" ("The Return Of The Picazuro Pigeon"), "Cintura Fina" ("Slender Waist"), "O Xote das Meninas" ("The Girls' Schottische", written with Zé Dantas, and "Juazeiro", "Paraíba", "Mangaratiba", "Baião-de-Dois", "No Meu Pé de Serra" ("There In My Homeland"), "Assum Preto" ("Blue-back Grassquit"), "Légua Tirana" ("Tyrannical league"), "Qui Nem Jiló" ("Like Solanum gilo", written with Humberto Teixeira. Other successful collaborations resulted in "Tá Bom Demais" ("It's Very Good") (with Onildo de Almeida), "Danado de Bom" ("Very Good") (with João Silva), "Dezessete e Setecentos" ("Seventeen And Seven hundred") and "Cortando o Pano" ("Cutting Cloth") (both with Miguel Lima).
Gonzaga died of natural causes at the age of 76.
Mangaratiba
Luiz Gonzaga Lyrics
Ôi, lá vem o trem rodanda estrada arriba
Pronde é que ele vai?
Mangaratiba! Mangaratiba! Mangaratiba!
Adeus Pati, Araruama e Guaratiba
Vou pra Ibacanhema, vou até Mangaratiba!
Adeus Alegre, Paquetá, adeus Guaíba
Meu fim de semana vai ser em Mangaratiba!
Oh! Mangarati, Mangarati, Mangaratiba!
Mangaratiba!
Lá tem banana, tem palmito e tem caqui
E quando faz luar, tem violão e parati
O mar é belo, lembra o seio de Ceci
Arfando com ternura, junto a praia de Anguiti
Oh! Mangarati, Mangarati, Mangaratiba!
Mangaratiba!
Lá tem garotas tão bonitas como aqui
Zazá, Carine, Ivete, Ana Maria e Leni
Amada vila junto ao mar de Sepetiba
Recebe o meu abraço, sou teu fã
Mangaratiba!
Pronde é que ele vai?
Mangaratiba! Mangaratiba! Mangaratiba!
Adeus Pati, Araruama e Guaratiba
Vou pra Ibacanhema, vou até Mangaratiba!
Adeus Alegre, Paquetá, adeus Guaíba
Meu fim de semana vai ser em Mangaratiba!
Oh! Mangarati, Mangarati, Mangaratiba!
Mangaratiba!
Lá tem banana, tem palmito e tem caqui
O mar é belo, lembra o seio de Ceci
Arfando com ternura, junto a praia de Anguiti
Oh! Mangarati, Mangarati, Mangaratiba!
Mangaratiba!
Lá tem garotas tão bonitas como aqui
Zazá, Carine, Ivete, Ana Maria e Leni
Amada vila junto ao mar de Sepetiba
Recebe o meu abraço, sou teu fã
Mangaratiba!
Lyrics © Editora e Importadora Musical Fermata do Brasil Ltda.
Written by: Humberto Cavalcanti Teixeira, Luiz Gonzaga Do Nascimento
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SABER LIBERTA
Há um livro que apresenta esta versão de 1947.
Oi, lá vai o trem rodando estrada arriba
Pronde é que ele vai?
Mangaratiba ! Mangaratiba ! Mangaratiba ! Adeus Pati , Araruama e Guaratiba
Vou pra Ibacanhema, vou até Mangaratiba !
Adeus alegre Paquetá, adeus Guaiba
Meu fim de semana vai ser em Mangaratiba!
Luiz Gonzaga e Humberto Teixeira, in Mangaratiba (Mangaratiba) 1947
José Ronaldo
Me faltam adjetivos pra descrever Luiz Gonzaga. Gênio é o mínimo que posso dizer. ..
SABER LIBERTA
Minha conta que quando ela era criancinha (década de 50) o meu vovô chegava madrugada de viagens e vinha cantando esta música pela estrada daí todos na casa já sabiam que ele já estava chegando bem de viagem. Eu pesquisei muito para descobrir esta música, pois a letra que a minha mãe lembra só uma parte é um pouco diferente, mas a melodia é esta aqui e a repetição do nome também. Estou muito feliz ao ouvir pela primeira vez hoje esta música que o meu saudoso vovô cantava.
Alaide santos
oooooo musica boa linda de mais!!!gonzagao e bom de mais!!!
damaris santos
Amo minha cidade! E essa música é muito especial para nós, maragaratibenses
ypsilone
Uma das primeiras composições de Luiz Gonzaga ao lado do doutor Humberto Teixeira. Com sua sanfona fazendo efeitos que remetem a uma locomotiva no início da música, a composição fala da cidade de Mangaratiba, na região de Itaguaí no Rio de Janeiro. Foi lançada em 1949 pela RCA Victor.
Leda Maria
ypsilone thank you pela info!!!
Thiago Goldsbôro
O meu disco tem o selo RCA Camden é 1966
Carlos Mota
Em 1957 meu irmão Jone tinha 10 anos. Ele gostava tanto desta música que pediu a meu pai que a fazenda da família (que ele adorava) passasse a se chamar Mangaratiba! Assim foi feito e a fazenda conserva este nome. Hoje é uma reserva ambiental...
markus woof
Um dos GRANDES GÊNIOS da MUSICA UNIVERSAL...sem medo de errar!!!!
Jose Oliveira Serejo
Gonzagão era um artista do povo.
Como ele não existiu até hoje um artista completo e popular.