Radamés Gnattali

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-01-27 (82 years old)

Deathday

1988-02-13

Place of Birth

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Radamés Gnattali

Biography

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 s...

Acting

Production

1950

Somos Dois

as Original Music Composer

1959

Quem Roubou Meu Samba?

as Original Music Composer

1949

1950

1966

Onde a Terra Começa

as Original Music Composer

1955

Rio, 100 Degrees F°

as Original Music Composer

1959

Dona Xêpa

as Music

1981

They Don't Wear Black Tie

as Music Director

1954

Marujo Por Acaso

as Original Music Composer

1959

Eu Sou o Tal

as Original Music Composer

1942

Clay

as Music Director

1933

Rough Gang

as Music

1959

The Man of The Sputnik

as Music Director

1952

1965

The Deceased

as Original Music Composer

1937

Maria Bonita

as Music

1942

O Dragãozinho Manso - Jonjoca

as Original Music Composer

1952

Tico-Tico no Fubá

as Original Music Composer

1951

Pecado de Nina

as Original Music Composer

1965

Grande Sertão

as Original Music Composer

1957

O Noivo da Girafa

as Original Music Composer

1942

Clay

as Music

1952

Nadando em Dinheiro

as Original Music Composer

1959

1940

Pureza

as Original Music Composer

1977

1957

Rio, Northern Zone

as Original Music Composer

1956

1958

1955

O Rei do Movimento

as Original Music Composer

1955

O Diamante

as Original Music Composer

1965

My Home Is Copacabana

as Original Music Composer

1955

O Feijão é Nosso

as Original Music Composer

1958

O Barbeiro Que Se Vira

as Original Music Composer

1958

O Camelô da Rua Larga

as Original Music Composer

1956

Quem Sabe... Sabe!

as Original Music Composer

1960

Sai Dessa, Recruta

as Original Music Composer

1959

The Man of The Sputnik

as Original Music Composer

1978

Sítio do Picapau Amarelo: O Minotauro

as Original Music Composer

1940

Eternal Hope

as Orchestrator

1943

Entra na Farra

as Orchestrator

1969

A Doce Mulher Amada

as Orchestrator

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