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Madredeus, the Glossary

Madredeus are a Portuguese musical ensemble formed in 1985, in Lisbon.^[1]

48 relations: Abbey, Accordion, Acoustic bass guitar, Ainda, Aveiro, Portugal, Cello, Classical guitar, Cocteau Twins, Coliseu dos Recreios, Electrónico, EMI, Enya, Existir, Expo '98, Fado, Faluas do Tejo, Folk music, Francisco Ribeiro, José Carreras, Kate Bush, Lisbon, Lisbon Story (1994 film), Michael Nyman, Movimento, Musical ensemble, New-age music, O Espírito da Paz, O Paraíso, Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon, Os Dias da MadreDeus, Pedro Ayres Magalhães, Portugal, Portuguese guitar, Quintet, Red Hot Organization, Rita Damásio, Rodrigo Leão, Saudade, Sextet, Singing, Sony Music, Synthesizer, Teresa Salgueiro, The New York Times, Trams in Lisbon, Um Amor Infinito, Wim Wenders, World music.
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Portuguese musical groups

Abbey

An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.

Accordions (from 19th-century German, from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame).

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Acoustic bass guitar

The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than, a steel-string acoustic guitar.

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Ainda

Ainda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From The Film «Lisbon Story» is a soundtrack album by Portuguese group Madredeus for the 1994 film ''Lisbon Story'', directed by Wim Wenders.

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Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal.

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Cello

The violoncello, often simply abbreviated as cello, is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family.

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Classical guitar

The classical guitar, also known as Spanish guitar, is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles.

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Cocteau Twins

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997.

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Coliseu dos Recreios

The Coliseu dos Recreios (also known as Coliseu de Lisboa) is a multi-purpose auditorium located in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Electrónico

Electrónico is a 2002 compilation album by the folk-influenced Portuguese band Madredeus.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Enya

Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (born 17 May 1961) known mononymously as Enya, is an Irish composer and singer-songwriter.

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Existir

Existir (English: "To exist") is the second studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus.

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Expo '98

Expo '98 (1998 Lisbon Specialised Expo) was an official specialised World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal from Friday, 22 May to Wednesday, 30 September 1998.

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Fado

Fado ("destiny, fate") is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal but probably has much earlier origins.

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Faluas do Tejo

Faluas do Tejo (English: "Faluas of the Tagus") is the eighth studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus.

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Folk music

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.

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Francisco Ribeiro

Francisco Ribeiro (15 March 1965 – 14 September 2010) was a Portuguese cellist, composer, lyricist, vocalist, arranger and record producer.

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José Carreras

Josep Maria Carreras Coll (born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras, is a Catalan operatic tenor from Spain who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.

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Kate Bush

Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lisbon Story (1994 film)

Lisbon Story (O Céu de Lisboa (Brasil); Lisbon Story) is a 1994 feature film directed by Wim Wenders.

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Michael Nyman

Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker.

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Movimento

Movimento (English: "Movement") is the sixth studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus.

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Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name.

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New-age music

New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.

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O Espírito da Paz

O Espírito da Paz (English: "The Spirit of Peace") is the third studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus.

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O Paraíso

O Paraíso (English: "The Paradise") is the fifth studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus.

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Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon

Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon is the eleventh entry in the Red Hot Benefit Series of compilation albums.

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Os Dias da MadreDeus

Os Dias da MadreDeus (English: "The days of MadreDeus") is the debut studio album by Portuguese group Madredeus.

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Pedro Ayres Magalhães

Pedro Aires Ferreira de Almeida Gonçalves Magalhães (born 31 July 1959), known as Pedro Ayres Magalhães, is a Portuguese musician, best known as a founding member and the main songwriter of the musical group Madredeus.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Portuguese guitar

The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (guitarra portuguesa) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses of two strings. Madredeus and portuguese guitar are Fado.

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Quintet

A quintet is a group containing five members.

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Red Hot Organization

Red Hot Organization (RHO) is a non-profit, 501(c) 3, international organization with goals to promote diversity through equal access to healthcare through pop culture.

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Rita Damásio

Rita Damásio (born 1978) is a Portuguese singer, broadcaster and social worker.

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Rodrigo Leão

Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez (born 15 October 1964), known professionally as Rodrigo Leão, is a Portuguese musician and songwriter.

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Saudade

Saudade (Northeast Brazil:; plural saudades) is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone.

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Sextet

A sextet (or hexad) is a formation containing exactly six members.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (also synthesiser, or simply synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals.

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Teresa Salgueiro

Maria Teresa de Almeida Salgueiro OIH is a Portuguese singer.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Trams in Lisbon

The Lisbon tramway network (Rede de elétricos de Lisboa) is a system of trams that serves Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. In operation since 1873, it presently comprises six lines. The system has a length of 31 km, and 63 trams in operation (45 historic "Remodelados", 8 historic "Ligeiros" and 10 modern articulated trams).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madredeus

Also known as Francisco Ribeiro (musician), Madre deus, Madredeus (band).

Madredeus, the Glossary

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See also

Fado

Portuguese musical groups

References