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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Memória viva de Chico Antônio
- Memória viva de Dorian Gray Caldas, Newton Bilro Navarro, Leopoldo Nelson
- Natal através do tempo
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Film & TV
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (Rio de Janeiro, May 11, 1933 – Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2023) was a Brazilian singer, composer and guitarist. Along with Roberto Menescal, he was one of the young figures of bossa nova. It was part of a more activist bossa nova, proposing the return of the rhythm to its roots in samba.
Known for
- Entre a Lei e a Luta — Carlos Lyra2024
- O Canto Livre de Nara Leão — Self2022
- Garoto - Vivo Sonhando — Self2020
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self2019
- Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas — Self2017
- André Midani - An Insider’s Story Of Brazilian Music — Self2015
- Dossiê Jango — Self2013
- Travessia2009
- Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world — Self2008
- O Som do Vinil — Self2007
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1933-05-11
- Active to
- 2023-12-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 156,437
- Total plays
- 872,953
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Carlos Lyra is a Brazilian musician and composer of numerous bossa nova classics. He was born - as Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa - on May 11, 1939. Along with Roberto Menescal, he was a primary figure of the younger generation of bossa nova musicians who closely followed the inception of the style by João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Later, he joined Nara Leão as part of the bossa's activist wing, seeking a return to its samba roots. Was also an intellectual behind the movement, forging new
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Genre
- bossa nova
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Official website
- carloslyra.com
- Image
- Carlos Lyra.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Rio de Janeiro
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- date of birth
- 1939-05-11
- Commons category
- Carlos Lyra
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- birth name
- Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa
- name in native language
- Carlos Lyra
- date of death
- 2023-12-16
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
- cause of death
- infection
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