Eduardo Mateo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Angel Eduardo Mateo Lopez
Uruguayan singer, songwriter, guitarist, and arranger (1940-1990)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- LAS NARRATIVAS DEL TERRORISMO
- Transterrados
- Como un señor del tiempo
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uruguaycandombesinger-songwriterBossa NovaCandombe Beat
Eduardo Mateo (1940-1990) was a Uruguayan singer, songwriter, guitarist and arranger. He played a key role in the development of the modern Uruguayan pop music mixing rock, jazz, bossa nova and local rhythms like candombe, in a similar way than Brazilian Tropicalismo. Musicians like Argentinian songwriter Juana Molina or Academy Award winners Jorge Drexler and Gustavo Santaolalla cited Mateo as a big influence. Artists like Pedro Aznar, Milton Nascimento or León Gieco have covered his songs. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Montevideo
- Place of death
- Montevideo
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- folk music
- Image
- Eduardo Mateo disco Mateo solo bien se Lame 1972 Argentina.jpg
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- Commons category
- Eduardo Mateo
- date of birth
- 1940-09-19
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- birth name
- Ángel Eduardo Mateo López
- name in native language
- Eduardo Mateo
- second family name in Spanish name
- López
- date of death
- 1990-05-16
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/264445-eduardo-mateo
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