zeca afonso
Post on 27-Jul-2015
287 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
Zeca Afonso
José Afonso, known as Zeca Afonso,
was an important Portuguese singer
and composer.
José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso, was born
on August 2nd, 1929 in Aveiro, Portugal. He spent the most part of his life in
Coimbra.
When he was 10 years old, he moved to Coimbra in order to continue his
studies. He studied at D. João III High School. He lived with his aunt since his
family moved to East Timor, a Portuguese overseas territory at that time, where
his father worked as a judge.
Zeca Afonso
He lived in two different houses in Coimbra.
In 1959 he started singing in his trademark musical style, coloured
with political and social connotations, in many popular groups around
the country. This granted him a growing popularity among the
working class and the rural population.
In May 1964, José Afonso played in the Musical Society Workers'
Brotherhood in Grândola, where he found the inspiration to compose
the song Grândola Vila Morena. Later, this song would be the signal
(broadcast by the national radio channel) to start the Portuguese
Revolution, “Revolução dos Cravos” in 1974.
From 1974 to 1975 he was directly involved in the popular
revolutionary movements. The PREC (Ongoing Revolutionary Process)
became his passion.
Zeca Afonso
José Afonso died in Setúbal on 23 February 1987, at 3 am,
victim of the sclerosis that had been diagnosed in 1982. His
funeral was attended by 30,000 peoplein Setúbal .
The procession took two hours to cover 1300 meters.
Zeca Afonso
top related