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Radamés Gnattali
- Born
- Jan 27, 1906 · Aged 82
- Died
- Feb 13, 1988
- Place of birth
- Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (1)
- Radamés Gnatalli
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…
