Lupicínio Rodrigues

A fertile and successful composer recorded by the biggest names of Brazilian music, Lupicínio Rodrigues symbolizes an entire tradition of dramatic, sentimental, and melancholic Brazilian feeling in music (fossa, dor-de-cotovelo). He was born in a Porto Alegre neighborhood, which was the meeting point for the musicians who played on cruise ships. In spite of being poor, his father matriculated him at the expensive Colégio São Sebastião, from which he was expelled because he insisted on playing rhythms and singing during classes.