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.
Sanfoninha Choradeira
Luiz Gonzaga Lyrics
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Chora sanfoninha minha dor
Minha sanfoninha me disseram que chorando tu despertas
O coração do meu amor
Chora sanfoninha, chora, chora
Chora sanfoninha minha dor
Minha sanfoninha me disseram que chorando tu despertas
Ela está me vendo 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá te querendo 'tá fingindo que não
Coração batendo, 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá batendo, 'tá morrendo
Mas não quer se reparar
Ela está me vendo 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá te querendo 'tá fingindo que não
Coração batendo, 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá batendo, 'tá morrendo
Mas não quer se reparar
Chora sanfoninha, chora, chora
Chora sanfoninha minha dor
Minha sanfoninha me disseram que chorando tu despertas
O coração do meu amor
Chora sanfoninha, chora, chora
Chora sanfoninha minha dor
Minha sanfoninha me disseram que chorando tu despertas
O coração do meu amor
Ela está me vendo 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá te querendo 'tá fingindo que não
Coração batendo, 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá batendo, 'tá morrendo
Mas não quer se reparar
Ela está me vendo 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá te querendo 'tá fingindo que não
Coração batendo, 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
'Tá batendo, 'tá morrendo
Mas não quer se reparar
"Sanfoninha Choradeira" is a song by Brazilian artist Luiz Gonzaga. The song is about a small accordion (sanfoninha) that cries out the singer's pain in love. The lyrics suggest that the sanfoninha awakens the love in the heart of the singer's beloved when it cries. The sanfoninha is a symbol of the singer's emotional state, and it expresses the intensity of his feelings. The second part of the song is focused on the beloved, who is pretending not to be in love. The people around her can see that she is in love and that her heart is beating faster, but she is ignoring her true feelings.
The song "Sanfoninha Choradeira" is a classic forró song, a popular music genre from the Northeast region of Brazil that became popular in the 1940s. Luiz Gonzaga is considered one of the most important and influential artists of forró. He was known for his smooth voice, his unique sense of style, and the way he incorporated traditional Brazilian music into his songs. The song has been covered by many artists over the years and remains a popular classic in Brazil.
Line by Line Meaning
Chora sanfoninha, chora, chora
Cry, accordion, cry, cry
Chora sanfoninha minha dor
Cry, accordion, my pain
Minha sanfoninha me disseram que chorando tu despertas O coração do meu amor
They told me, accordion, that by crying you awaken the heart of my love
Ela está me vendo 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
She's watching me and pretending she's not
'Tá te querendo 'tá fingindo que não
She's wanting you and pretending she's not
Coração batendo, 'tá fingindo que não 'tá
Heart beating, she's pretending she's not
'Tá batendo, 'tá morrendo Mas não quer se reparar
It's beating, it's dying, but she doesn't want to fix it
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Joao Leocadio Da Silva, Luiz Gonzaga Do Nascimento
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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