• Chiquinha Gonzaga was the first pianist of “choro” and the most important feminine figure of Brazilian popular music of all time, she was an independent woman in times of extreme prejudice and earned her money with her own music. The first Brazilian female conductor, the first composer of the marcha carnavalesca genre (with “Ô Abre Alas”), she was also very active in the abolitionist and Republican campaigns. Her songs had enormous success, yielding an international career and songs still commonly used. In 1897, Chiquinha wrote for an operetta the cateretê Corta-Jaca, one of the greatest contributions to the choro repertoire.


  • The song “Pelo Telefone”, by Donga, considered the first samba to be recorded and recorded, is 100 years old. While the Samba style itself is at least 300 years older than that, it was not widely accepted until the 20th century. It has been 100 years since the first Samba song, “Pelo Telefone” was recorded in Brazil.