Miguel Gustavo belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Miguel Gustavo as Brazilian journalist and musician.
Miguel Gustavo was born at Rio de Janeiro in 1922. His recorded nationality is Brazil.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
He worked as journalist, composer and lyricist.
Among his best-known works are Vovózinha, Brigitte Bardot and Pra Frente Brasil. Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
That the work came out of Brazil shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Miguel Gustavo died in 1972, aged 50. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Vovózinha
- Notable work: Brigitte Bardot
- Notable work: Pra Frente Brasil
- Notable work: A Saia
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