Cartola
Sign in to saveAngenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (Portuguese for top hat), (; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola got his name from the hat which he used to protect his hair while laying cement in his younger years as a brick layer. He helped to start the Estação primeira da Mangueira samba school in 1928. His work was popular throughout the 30s, he disappeared from the samba scene in the 40s until 1956. In 1964, together with his wife Zica, he opened a restaurant called Zicartola which featur
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- 1908-10-11
- Died
- 1980-11-30
- Works
- 2
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Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (it is Portuguese for 'top hat'), (October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was born in Rio de Janeiro, in a neighborhood called Catete. He got his nickname because of the bowler hat he wore to keep the cement from ruining his hair while working at construction sites. He was one of the samba composers and founders of the Estação Primeira de Mangueira, and has credit for both the name of the school and its colors: green and pink. Cartola composed, alone and alo
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- CartolaOMC
- Musical artist.image
- Músico Cartola.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Cartola in 1971
- Musical artist.image_size
- 250px
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Angenor de Oliveira
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
- Musical artist.alias
- CartolaDivinoPoeta das Rosas
- Musical artist.death_place
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Musical artist.origin
- Catete, Rio de Janeiro, Republic of Brazil
- Musical artist.genre
- Samba
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1927–1980
- Musical artist.label
- Discos Marcus PereiraRCA Victor
Key dates
- Born
- 11 October 1908
- Died
- 30 November 1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Genre
- samba
- Instrument
- cavaquinho
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Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (Portuguese for top hat), (; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba. Cartola got his name from the hat which he used to protect his hair while laying cement in his younger years as a brick layer. He helped to start the Estação primeira da Mangueira samba school in 1928. His work was popular throughout the 30s, he disappeared from the samba scene in the 40s until 1956. In 1964, together with his wife Zica, he opened a restaurant called Zicartola which featured live samba. In 1974 he began to record solo albums and in 1978 held his first solo live performance at age 70.
Cartola composed, alone or with partners, more than 500 songs.