{"id":124,"date":"2009-10-29T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T07:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/wordpress_mi\/?p=124"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T08:35:04","slug":"brasil-na-pauta-luperce-miranda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=124","title":{"rendered":"Brasil na Pauta – Luperce Miranda – Great Choros from Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luperce Miranda<\/strong> is one of the most important composer of choros for the bandolim, the brazilian mandolin. Miranda was born in 1904 and died in 1977, he has composed more than 500 choros.<\/p>\n

You can find some biographical notes about Miranda in the Choro Blog: Luperce Miranda – King of the Mandolin<\/a><\/p>\n

Many of Mirandas compositions are played until today. The Brazilian bandolim player\u00a0 Dudu Maia<\/a> has recorded a complete CD with compositions by Miranda some time ago with his band A Quattro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bandolim Brasileiro – A Quattro toca Luperce Miranda<\/h4>\n

Dudu Maia – bandolim 10 cordas
\nFernando Cesar – violao 7 cordas
\nPedro vasconcellos – cavaco
\nValerinho – pandeiro<\/em><\/p>\n

musica: norival aos sessenta (Luperce Miranda)<\/em>
\nwww.myspace.com\/bandolimbrasileiro<\/a><\/p>\n

Compositions by Luperce Miranda<\/strong> have been published some time ago in a book titled Brasil na Pauta<\/strong> (da Fonseca publishing company – it might be difficult to find this, but I can really recommend this book!).<\/p>\n

The transcriptions in this edition are very clear, the typical rhytmical variations played in choro music have not been included in the transcriptions. Instead the basic rhythm of the music has been transcribed. This makes it quite easy to read and play those pieces, and so I think that this book is very good suited for beginners who want to start to play choro music. Later it is still possible to add the rhythmical variations – those can be learned from listening to good recordings of choro music.<\/p>\n

The book does also contain useful biographical information about Luperce Mirand – unfortunately only in Portuguese. However one important information can be found, that should be known. Miranda frequently used an instrument for his recordings that was tuned in A instead in G. The transcriptions in this book however were based on the sound of the music. To play the pieces in the way they were played by Miranda it is necessary to play some of the pieces one note lower than transcribed. For some pieces this does not make a big difference, but for other pieces it is absolutely necessary to be able to play the pieces in the required tempo.<\/p>\n

One of the best pieces composed by Luperce Mirando is Quando me Lembro<\/strong>. This piece is frequently played on the bandolim, but also on the guitar or even on the accordion. For mandolin players this is a really interesting piece with typical elements of the classical mandolin technique – especially a beautiful part in duo style.<\/p>\n

The following video shows a version played by Marco de Pinna, <\/strong>other versions can be found in my playlist at the end.<\/p>\n

Danilo Brito – Quando me Lembro (Luperce Miranda) – Instrumental SESC Brasil – 30\/03\/2010<\/h4>\n

Nomeado o melhor instrumentista brasileiro, aos 19 anos, pelo j\u00fari do 7\u00ba Pr\u00eamio Visa, Danilo Brito lan\u00e7ou, aos 24, seu terceiro CD, “Sem restri\u00e7\u00f5es” (Tratore, 2009), com composi\u00e7\u00f5es in\u00e9ditas de sua autoria e de seus contempor\u00e2neos. Participa\u00e7\u00e3o de Luizinho 7 Cordas (viol\u00e3o de 7 cordas); Alexandre Ribeiro (clarinete); Jo\u00e3o Camarero (viol\u00e3o) e Rafael Toledo (percuss\u00e3o).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n