Hekel Tavares's lyrics & chords

Born: 16 September 1896 , Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Died: 8 August 1969 , Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Tavares created a kind of music which blurred the boundaries between popular and classical music. Against the will of his father, who wanted him to be an accountant he started his musical studies with an aunt. From 1921 he studied in Rio orchestration with J. Otaviano. The influence of the Semana de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Week) in 1922 upon Tavares oriented his search for a synthesis between the sophistication of classical music and Brazilian folk...read more