Joaquim Antonio (Callado) da Silva

Joaquim Antonio (Callado) da Silva Junior was a Brazilian composer and flutist, born in Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 1848, died March 20, 1880.

Da Silva is considered one of the creators of the "choro" genre of music. His band, " O Choro do Callado", used an ebony flute, two viols and a cavaquinho, and was noted for facility at improvisation. Da Silva wrote and co-authored many choroes, as a new way of interpreting modinhas, lundus, waltzes and polkas. His work was an inspiration to his friend and pupil, Viriato Figueira, and his friend Chiquinha Gonzaga.

Works

* "Adelaide"

* "Ai, Que Gozos"

* "Aurora"

* "Characteristic Whim"

* "Capricious"

* "Carnival of 1867"

* "Celeste"

* "Choro"

* "The Five Goddesses"

* "As It Is Good"

* "Conceicao"

* "Comforter"

* "Cruzes, Minha Prima!"

* "The Affected One"

* "The Desired One"

* "Ermelinda"

* "Ernestina"

* "The Meyer Family"

* "Fancy for Flute"

* "Loving Flower"

* "The Flowers of the Heart"

* "Florinda"

* "Hermeneutics"

* "Honorata"

* "Iman"

* "Improvisation"

* "Isabel"

* "Laudelina"

* "Souvenir of the Wharf of Glory"

* "Language of the Heart"

* "Fanado Iris"

* "Characteristic Lundu"

* "Manuela"

* "Manuelita"

* "Maria Carlota"

* "Mariquinhas"

* "Mimosa"

* "I Do Not Say"

* "What is Good, is Good!"

* "Pagodeira"

* "Dangerous"

* "Bigger Polka in D"

* "Polucena"

* "Puladora"

* "Wanted For All"

* "Kerosene"

* "The Return of Chico Triguera"

* "Rosinha"

* "Salome"

* "Saturnine"

* "Homesickness for the Wharf of Glory"

* "Homesickness for Inauma"

* "Saudosa"

* "The Seducer"

* "Sousinha"

* "Sigh"

* "Sighs of a Maiden"

* "Last Sigh"

* "Commercial Union"

* "Waltz"

* "August Twenty-first"

* "June Twenty-first"

References

* 1. Portuguese Wikipedia article on Joaquim Antonio da Silva Calado Junior