Vitorino
Vitorino Salomé Vieira (born 11 July 1942), commonly known simply as Vitorino, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. His music combines the traditional music of his native region of Alentejo and urban popular song. • Illustration — Vitorino singing in the Bleckkirche, the most historic church of Gelsenkirchen.
Also recorded as Vitorino Salomé Vieira
Vitorino
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- Name
- Vitorino
- Birth Name
- Vitorino Salomé Vieira
- Born
- 11 July 1942
- Birthplace
- Redondo, Portugal
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter
- Nationality
- Portugal.
- Fields
- music of Portugal.
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of Liberty and Prémio José Afonso.
- Languages
- Portuguese.
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Vitorino Salomé Vieira (born 11 July 1942), commonly known simply as Vitorino, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. His music combines the traditional music of his native region of Alentejo and urban popular song. • Illustration — Vitorino singing in the Bleckkirche, the most historic church of Gelsenkirchen.
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Vitorino (born 1942) is a composer and singer, of Portuguese nationality. The composer was born in Redondo. Vitorino is a member of Rio Grande.
The work spans music of Portugal. Languages used include Portuguese. Honours include Officer of the Order of Liberty and Prémio José Afonso.
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Biography
Vitorino worked across singer and composer. The registers place that work in music of Portugal. This article rests on 10 catalogued compositions, 1 published texts, 21 issued recordings and 11 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Portuguese singer Vitorino Salomé in the Bleckkirche church in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 21th march of 2014
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Portuguese singer Vitorino Salomé in the Bleckkirche church in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 21th march of 2014
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vitorino • Birth Name — Vitorino Salomé Vieira • Born — 11 July 1942 • Birthplace — Redondo, Portugal • Origin — Portugal • Occupation — Singer-songwriter • Website — www.vitorinosalome.pt
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Vitorino in 1979 (on the right, with José Afonso, Fausto, and Sérgio Godinho Vitorino was born in 1942 in Redondo, to a family of musicians. His father was a Fado de Coimbra singer and mandolin player, as did his grandfather. Vitorino's uncle meanwhile was active in the Lisbon Fado scene. His younger brother, Janita Salomé, is also a musician. At the age of 11 Vitorino started learning the piano at a monastery in his home town, although he quickly abandoned it and did not go back to formal musical training afterwards. Instead, he sang in local choirs and associations and at private gatherings. In 1968 he went to Lisbon in pursuit of his artistic studies, where he soon became acquainted with, and became part of, a group of friends encompassing José Afonso, Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Fausto and José Mário Branco. Together with Branco, he left Lisbon in 1969 for Paris, where he, like his friend, began his career as a song writer and protest singer. A notable concert was his appearance at the Théâtre de la Mutualité, where Vitorino joined José Afonso, José Mário Branco, Luís Cília, Sérgio Godinho and Tino Flores in what became one of the most prolific concerts of Portuguese dissidents against the Estado Novo dictatorship. In 1973 Vitorino returned to Portugal, where he continued his career as a singer. He also joined José Afonso as a guitarist at the I. Encontro da Canção Portuguesa on March 29, 1974 at the Coliseu dos Recreios. His first official release, an 7"-EP named Morra Quem não Tem Amores, was published after the Carnation Revolution in April 1974. His first album, Semear Salsa Ao Reguinho, was released in 1975. Produced by Fausto and featuring José Afonso and Sérgio Godinho, this album is notable for Vitorino's arrangements of traditional folk songs, like Menina estás à janela, which later became a staple of his live concerts, and for songs Cante Alentejano, a traditional style of music from his home region. Until the 1980s Vitorino often relied on rearranging traditional tunes with help from Pedro Caldeira Cabral; after that the amount of own compositions in his repertoire grew, influenced by different genres, from jazz to classical music and world music. • Illustration — Vitorino (with sun glasses) and Homens da Luta at Occupy protest in Lisbon in 2011. Vitorino is a founding member of the 1990 Lua Extravagante project, and participated the band Rio Grande, a Portuguese supergroup active from 1996 to 1998 and featuring Portuguese stars like Rui Veloso, Xutos & Pontapés singer Tim, Jorge Palma, and João Gil of Trovante. For his album Eu Que Me Comovo Por Tudo E Por Nada he received 1993 the José Afonso award, and during the same year he released his Best of album named As Mais Bonitas. In 1994, Vitorino received the Order of Liberty in the rank of Official.
Albums
Albums
• Semear Salsa ao Reguinho (LP, Orfeu, 1975) co-produced with Fausto Bordalo Dias • Se fores ao Alentejo • Semear salsa ao reguinho • Cantiga dum marginal do séc.XIX • A Primavera do Outono • Ó patrão dê-me um cigarro • São saias, senhor, são saias • Dizem p'ra 'í que chegou • Cantiga de uma greve de Verão • Temos a força dos ventos • O tudo é todo nosso • Menina estás à janela • Morra quem não tem amores • Vou-me embora vou partir • Os Malteses (LP, Orfeu, 1977) • Alentejo és nossa terra • Rouxinol repenica o cante • Oh Beja, terrível Beja • Barrancos és minha terra • Saias da União Cooperativa do Redondo • O maltês • Cantares do mês d' Outubro • Fui colher uma romã • Marcha da patuleia • Chamaste-me extravagante • Maio • Lindo ramo verde escuro • Não Há Terra Que Resista – Contraponto (LP, Orfeu, 1979) • Delicada da cintura • Não há terra que resista • Litania para um amor ausente • Contos do príncipe real • Maria dos mil sorrisos • Maria da Fonte • Dá-me cá os braços teus • Porque me não vês Joana • Quadras soltas (de embalar) • Viva a rainha do sul • Diz a laranja ao limão • Sedas a vento • Romances (LP, Orfeu, 1981) • Catrapiado • Laurinda • Dona Filomena • Bela Nau Catarineta • Eu hei-de amar uma pedra • Em 25 de Março • Senhora Maria • Levantar ferros • Mana Isabel • Sospirastes baldovinos • Indo eu por 'í abaixo • Oh! que janela tão alta • Flor de La Mar (LP, EMI, 1983) • Leitaria Garrett (LP, EMI, 1984) • Abertura • Saias da vila do Redondo • Menina estás à janela • Postal para D.João III (ao Zeca Afonso) • Cantiga partindo-se • Poema • Ai os modos de ser lágrima • Confissões (Nunca fui além) • Leitaria Garrett • Andando pela vida (a Lia Gama) • Tragédia da rua das Gáveas • Tinta verde • Carbonárias (final) • Sul (LP, EMI, 1985) • Negro Fado (LP, EMI, 1988) PJA • Cantigas de Encantar (Cassette, EMI, 1989) • Eu Que Me Comovo Por Tudo e Por Nada (CD, EMI, 1992) PJA • As Mais Bonitas (Compilação, EMI, 1993) • A Canção do Bandido (CD, EMI, 1995) CAND PJA • Fado alexandrino • Tocador da concertina • Fado triste • Fado da prostituta da rua S. António da Glória • Nasci para morrer contigo • Fado do pedinte da Igreja dos Mártires • Cruel vento • Fado Isabel • Veste de noite este quarto • Fado da pré-reforma • Rigoroso do pescador da marginal • Fado do jovem velho • Os nomes do amor • La Habana 99 (CD, EMI, 1999) with Septeto Habanero • Alentejanas e Amorosas (CD, EMI, 2001) • As Mais Bonitas 2 – Ao Alcançe da Mão (Compilation, EMI, 2002) • Utopia (CD, EMI, 2004) with Janita Salomé • Ninguém Nos Ganha Aos Matraquilhos! (CD, EMI, 2004) • Tudo (Compilation, EMI, 2006) • Abril, Abrilzinho (CD, Público/Praça das Flores, 2006) • Ao Vivo- Vitorino a preto e branco (CD, Magic Music/Vitorino, 2007) • Tango (CD, Magic Music/Vitorino, 2009) • Viva a República (CD de dois originais, comemoração centenário implantação da República, Diário de Notícias/Montepio, 2010)
Other compilations
Other compilations
• Queda do Império – Colecção Caravela (Compilation, EMI, 1997) • O Melhor dos Melhores nº 43 (Compilation, Movieplay, 1996) • Clássicos da Renascença nº 84 (Compilation, Movieplay, 2000) • Menina Estás À Janela – Colecção Caravelas (Compilation, EMI, 2004) • Grandes Êxitos (Compilation, EMI, 2006)
Singles
Singles
• Morra Quem Não Tem Amores (Single, 1974) • Menina Estás À Janela/Tinta Verde dos Teus Olhos (Single, Orfeu, 1983) • Joana Rosa (Máxi, EMI, 1986)
Identity
Identity
Vitorino is classed in the genre music of Portugal. Recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded as a citizen of Portugal. Established in GND (German National Library) under 105716609X. Vitorino is established in Library of Congress under no98059748. Established in Discogs under 1018412. Identity and origins. He also worked under the name Vitorino. The authorities additionally record the heading Vitorino Salomé Vieira. His recorded language was Portuguese.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1942
Vitorino was born on 11 July 1942.
Places
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Places
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Vitorino was born at Redondo.
Birthplace
Redondo.
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1222133520, Vitorino, Pedro.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
institutional register
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7195700: Vitorino
General reference · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Vitorino”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Macao Arts Festival.
- 2.Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, P–Z., 1. Edition, Temas e Debates, Lisbon 2010 (ISBN 978-989-644-114-2), S. 1345f
- 3.Personenlexikon Quém É Quém - Portugueses Célebres. 1. Edition, Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2009 (ISBN 978-989-644-047-3), S. 536
- 4.Eintrag zu Vitorino Infopédia. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
- 5.Portuguese database of awarded honours. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1222133520, Vitorino, Pedro.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessinstitutional register
Wikidata, structured authority record Q7195700: VitorinoWikimedia Foundation
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
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