Synval Silva

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Sinval Silva composed many hits (some of them turned into classics) recorded by the greats of the golden age of radio in Brazil. Carmen Miranda recorded most of his body of work, and he also had several of his songs recorded by Aurora Miranda, Orlando Silva, Odete Amaral, Trio de Ouro, Ataulfo Alves, and Ciro Monteiro. Silva was also one of the founders of the Império da Tijuca samba school, having written the samba "As Minas de Prata," presented by the samba school in the 1974 Carnaval contest. The son of a clarinetist, Silva started very early to play the guitar, having achieved a good command of this instrument. But it was the clarinet that would reveal him to the audiences, with Silva playing the instrument in his city's symphonic band. Having written his first song in 1927, the valse "Lua de Prata," he moved to Rio de Janeiro three years later, where he joined the Regional de Jorge Nóbrega and the Regional Good-Bye (both hired by Rádio Mayrink Veiga). In 1934, Carmen Miranda recorded two songs of his, "Alvorada" and "Ao Voltar do Samba," for which she had promised to pay one conto de réis (a considerable amount in the currency of the time) if any of them were a hit. With the success achieved by the second composition, Miranda ordered a new one from him, for twice as much; which represented a small fortune then. The result was "Coração," successful in 1935. Offering three contos de réis for a new one, she received from him "Adeus Batucada," which, recorded in the same ye

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Cadáver Pega Fogo Durante o Velório

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Os Grandes Sambas da História

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Serie Documento

Synval Silva

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Os Grandes Sambas da Historia - Vol. 3

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Os Grandes Sambas da História Vol. 3

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Série Documento

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Listen To Brazil

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seleção - Essência Brasileira Presents

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St. Julian Samba Showdown 23 by J Thyme '09

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