Composer
Guinga
Brazilian musician (born 1950)
b. 1950
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1950
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro
- Citizenship / historical state
- Brazil
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Guinga (Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar; born June 10, 1950) is a Brazilian guitarist and composer born in Madureira, a working-class suburb of Rio de Janeiro. As a child, he was nicknamed "Gringo", because of his pale skin, and the artistic name "Guinga" comes from the way he pronounced the word.
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Life and musical career
- Instruments played
- guitar
- Genres
- bossa nova
- Official website
- http://www.guinga.com
- Birth name
- Carlos Althier de Souza Lemos Escobar
- Pseudonym
- Guinga
- Languages used
- Portuguese
- VIAF ID
- 8742149108632368780004
- ISNI
- 0000000052600914
- GND ID
- 1080883878
- Library of Congress ID
- nr96024705
- MusicBrainz ID
- 4aba054e-70d0-4779-a413-fbaaa95bb712
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senhorinha | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 8742149108632368780004. Portrait: Montserrat Boix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.