Cidade Maravilhosa
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Cidade maravilhosa is a march
that was written and composed by André Filho
and arranged by Silva Sobreira for the Rio de Janeiro
carnival in 1935. It has since become the anthem for the city of Rio de Janeiro. During the same year, Aurora Miranda
recorded a sung version of the song that became extremely popular. The use of Cidade Maravilhosa as a nickname for the city of Rio de Janeiro was named by the writer Maranhense Coelho Neto as a tribute to the city's natural beauty. The name of Rio, however, does not appear in the song.
Its title was inspired by a highly successful radio program of the time, presented by César Ladeira.
The anthem was popularized by Carmen Miranda
and was declared the "official song of Brazil's new state of Guanabara" in 1960 after being converted into a samba
.
March (music)
A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John...
that was written and composed by André Filho
André Filho
Antônio André de Sá Filho, known as André Filho was a Brazilian actor, violinist, mandolinist, banjo player, guitarist, pianist, composer and singer...
and arranged by Silva Sobreira for the Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
carnival in 1935. It has since become the anthem for the city of Rio de Janeiro. During the same year, Aurora Miranda
Aurora Miranda
Aurora Miranda da Cunha was a Brazilian entertainer. Her sister was Carmen Miranda. Miranda began her career at the age of 18 in 1933...
recorded a sung version of the song that became extremely popular. The use of Cidade Maravilhosa as a nickname for the city of Rio de Janeiro was named by the writer Maranhense Coelho Neto as a tribute to the city's natural beauty. The name of Rio, however, does not appear in the song.
Its title was inspired by a highly successful radio program of the time, presented by César Ladeira.
The anthem was popularized by Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda
Carmen Miranda, GCIH was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, Broadway actress and Hollywood film star popular in the 1940s and 1950s. She was, by some accounts, the highest-earning woman in the United States and noted for her signature fruit hat outfit she wore in the 1943 movie The Gang's...
and was declared the "official song of Brazil's new state of Guanabara" in 1960 after being converted into a samba
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
.