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{{Short description|Brazilian singer, musician and composer (1924–2011)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Billy Blanco
| image = Billy Blanco.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = William Blanco Abrunhosa Trindade
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Belém]], [[Pará]], Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|7|8|1924|5|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| origin =
| instrument =
| occupation = architect, musician, composer, and writer
| genre = {{Flatlist|
*[[Bossa nova]]
*[[Samba]]
*[[Música popular brasileira|MPB]]
}}
| years_active = 1956—2011
| label =
| website =
}}
'''William Blanco Abrunhosa Trindade''', better known as '''Billy Blanco''' (8 May 1924 — 8 July 2011), was a Brazilian architect, musician, composer, and writer.
Of Galician background,<ref>{{Cite book |last=de Souza |first=Tarik |url=https://books.google.com.br/books?i...AM#v=onepage&q=billy blanco espanhóis&f=false |title=MPBambas - Volume 2: Histórias e Memórias da Canção Brasileira, Volume 2 |publisher=Kuarup Editora |year=2017 |isbn=9788568494134 |pages=336}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Berocan Veiga |first=Felipe |date=2 September 2012 |title=A dança das regras: a invenção dos estatutos e o lugar do respeito nas gafieiras cariocas |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...24VEIGA_Felipe_Berocan_A_danca_das_regras.pdf |journal=Antropolítica |publisher=Editora da UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense) |issue=33 |page=56 |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> he is the grandfather of singers {{ill|Pedro Sol|pt}} and [[Lua Blanco]].
== Career ==
Blanco was born in 1940 in [[Belém]]. had an interest in music since he was a child, composing carefully written out samba music, with elaborate lyrics, subjects, and musical compositions. During the 1940s, as he was studying engineering, he moved to [[São Paulo]] to study architecture, enrolling at [[Mackenzie Presbyterian University|Mackenzie College]] in 1946. He later moved to [[Rio de Janeiro]] and studied at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts in 1948. He graduated with a degree in architecture in 1950.
He had a unique style, describing his previous experiences either with humor or with exaltation, of experiences of love and disillusionment. Where his syncopatic style of samba, which diverged from contemporary works and grabbed the attention of singers at the time. The first composition of his career was "Pra Variar" in 1951. During the 1950s and 1960s, hit songs of his were recorded by [[Dick Farney]], {{ill|Lúcio Alves|pt}}, [[João Gilberto]], [[Dolores Duran]], {{ill|Sílvio Caldas|pt}}, [[Nora Ney]], [[Syzygium cumini|Jamelão]], [[Elizeth Cardoso]], [[Dóris Monteiro]], [[Os Cariocas]], [[Pery Ribeiro]], [[Miltinho]], [[Elis Regina]], [[Miriam Batucada]] and [[Hebe Camargo]]. His first major success was “Estatutos da Gafieira", sung by [[Inezita Barroso]], recorded at RCA Victor studios in 1954.
Among his musical partners were [[Baden Powell (guitarist)|Baden Powell]], in "Samba Triste", [[Antônio Carlos Jobim|Tom Jobim]], in "Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro" and [[João Gilberto]], in "Descendo o Morro" e "A Montanha/O Morro", a tribute to the people of the favelas. He and violinist [[Sebastião Tapajós]] composed 56 works, and with other composers, wrote about 500 works in total. Of those, about 300 were recorded.
[[File:Garoto,_Radamés_Gnatalli,_Chiquinho_e_Billy_Blanco_(1956).tif|left|thumb|Garoto, Radamés Gnatalli, Chiquinho and Billy Blanco, 1955. [[Brazilian National Archives]].]]
Among his other hits, they include "Sinfonia Paulistana", "Tereza da Praia", "O Morro", "Estatuto da Gafieira", "Mocinho Bonito", "Samba Triste", "Viva meu Samba", "Samba de Morro", "Pra Variar", "Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro" and "Canto Livre". "Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro" is composed of ten songs, written in parternship with Tom Jobim, in 1960. These songs include "Hino ao Sol", "Coisas do Dia", "Matei-me no Trabalho", "Zona Sul", "Arpoador", "Noites do Rio", "A Montanha", "O Morro", "Descendo o Morro" and "Samba do Amanhã".
"Sinfonia Paulistana" was finished in 1974, after 10 years of work.<ref name="internado">{{Cite journal |last=Paulo Saldaña |date=9 December 2010 |title=Compositor de tema de SP está internado |url= |journal=O Estado de S. Paulo |language= |location=São Paulo |publisher=S.A. O Estado de S. Paulo |volume= |issue={{formatnum:42786}} |pages=C2 |issn=15162931 |access-date=}}</ref> It is made up of 15 songs, sung by, among others, [[Elza Soares]], [[Pery Ribeiro]], Cláudia, Claudette Soares, Nadinho da Ilha, and Miltinho, with chorus provided by the [[Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)|Teatro Municipal de São Paulo]]. The production was done by Aloysio de Oliveira, with an orchestra led by maestro Chico de Moraes. The songs on the album include "Louvação de Anchieta", "Bartira", "Monções", "Tema de São Paulo", "Capital do Tempo", "O Dinheiro", "Coisas da Noite", "O Céu de São Paulo", "Amanhecendo", "O Tempo e a Hora", "Viva o Camelô", "Pro Esporte", "São Paulo Jovem", "Rua Augusta" and "Grande São Paulo". "Monções" is noted for it's [[carimbó]] influence, and "O Tempo e a Hora" is a fustion between bossa nova and pop. ''[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]'' noted the refrain of "Amanhecendo" as "what best defines the people of São Paulo".<ref name="internado" /> From 1974 to 2017, the song, the most well-known from this album, was part of the soundtrack to ''Jornal da Manhã'', the morning newscast of [[Jovem Pan|Rádio Jovem Pan]].<ref name="internado" />
[[File:Billy_Blanco,_1965.tif|thumb|Billy Blanco in 1965.]]
After briefly spending time at [[Fort Copacabana]] during the [[Military dictatorship in Brazil|military dictatorship]], Blanco composed "Canto Livre".
In 2009, he accepted the invite of filmmaker Cesar Nero to participate in the production of "Desde o Princípio" with his own song, "Sinfonia Paulistana", about a messenger from the future who arrives in São Paulo to attempt to avert catastrophe. The production included the participation of [[Antonio Abujamra]], [[Maximira Figueiredo]], [[José Mojica Marins]], Mario Gomes, and [[Chico Anysio]].
While keeping the works of this production with Nero and exchanging information, Blanco continued to dedicate himself to gospel music until he suffered a stroke in 2010, being hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name="internado" /> Despite being in stable condition, he lost all ability to speak. He died on 8 July 2011, at 87 years old.<ref name="internado" />
In 2012, the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro paid tribute to him, giving him name to the Mergulhão Billy Blanco, a construction project at the Trevo das Palmeiras (also known as the Cebolão) in the [[Barra da Tijuca]] neighborhood.<ref name="Veja o Mergulhão Billy Blanco no OpenStreetMap">{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Mergulhão Billy Blanco |url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-22.997926&lon=-43.365982&zoom=18&layers=M |access-date= |website= |publisher=Openstreetmap.org |language=}}</ref>
== Books authored (in partnership) ==
* MACEDO, Regina Helena - ''Tirando de Letra e Música'' - Editora Record - [[1996]] - 224 pages- ISBN 85-01-04339-7
* MACEDO, Regina Helena - ''Florentino Dias: uma vida dedicada a música'' - Editora Record - 96 pages - ISBN 85-01-05652-9
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.musicabrasileira.net/billyblanco Billy Blanco Biography] on www.musicabrasileira.net
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[[Category:Bossa nova singers]]
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[[Category:Brazilian people of Spanish descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian male musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian composers]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian architects]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian male musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian composers]]
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{{Short description|Brazilian singer, musician and composer (1924–2011)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Billy Blanco
| image = Billy Blanco.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = William Blanco Abrunhosa Trindade
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|5|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Belém]], [[Pará]], Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|7|8|1924|5|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| origin =
| instrument =
| occupation = architect, musician, composer, and writer
| genre = {{Flatlist|
*[[Bossa nova]]
*[[Samba]]
*[[Música popular brasileira|MPB]]
}}
| years_active = 1956—2011
| label =
| website =
}}
'''William Blanco Abrunhosa Trindade''', better known as '''Billy Blanco''' (8 May 1924 — 8 July 2011), was a Brazilian architect, musician, composer, and writer.
Of Galician background,<ref>{{Cite book |last=de Souza |first=Tarik |url=https://books.google.com.br/books?i...AM#v=onepage&q=billy blanco espanhóis&f=false |title=MPBambas - Volume 2: Histórias e Memórias da Canção Brasileira, Volume 2 |publisher=Kuarup Editora |year=2017 |isbn=9788568494134 |pages=336}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Berocan Veiga |first=Felipe |date=2 September 2012 |title=A dança das regras: a invenção dos estatutos e o lugar do respeito nas gafieiras cariocas |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...24VEIGA_Felipe_Berocan_A_danca_das_regras.pdf |journal=Antropolítica |publisher=Editora da UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense) |issue=33 |page=56 |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref> he is the grandfather of singers {{ill|Pedro Sol|pt}} and [[Lua Blanco]].
== Career ==
Blanco was born in 1940 in [[Belém]]. had an interest in music since he was a child, composing carefully written out samba music, with elaborate lyrics, subjects, and musical compositions. During the 1940s, as he was studying engineering, he moved to [[São Paulo]] to study architecture, enrolling at [[Mackenzie Presbyterian University|Mackenzie College]] in 1946. He later moved to [[Rio de Janeiro]] and studied at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts in 1948. He graduated with a degree in architecture in 1950.
He had a unique style, describing his previous experiences either with humor or with exaltation, of experiences of love and disillusionment. Where his syncopatic style of samba, which diverged from contemporary works and grabbed the attention of singers at the time. The first composition of his career was "Pra Variar" in 1951. During the 1950s and 1960s, hit songs of his were recorded by [[Dick Farney]], {{ill|Lúcio Alves|pt}}, [[João Gilberto]], [[Dolores Duran]], {{ill|Sílvio Caldas|pt}}, [[Nora Ney]], [[Syzygium cumini|Jamelão]], [[Elizeth Cardoso]], [[Dóris Monteiro]], [[Os Cariocas]], [[Pery Ribeiro]], [[Miltinho]], [[Elis Regina]], [[Miriam Batucada]] and [[Hebe Camargo]]. His first major success was “Estatutos da Gafieira", sung by [[Inezita Barroso]], recorded at RCA Victor studios in 1954.
Among his musical partners were [[Baden Powell (guitarist)|Baden Powell]], in "Samba Triste", [[Antônio Carlos Jobim|Tom Jobim]], in "Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro" and [[João Gilberto]], in "Descendo o Morro" e "A Montanha/O Morro", a tribute to the people of the favelas. He and violinist [[Sebastião Tapajós]] composed 56 works, and with other composers, wrote about 500 works in total. Of those, about 300 were recorded.
[[File:Garoto,_Radamés_Gnatalli,_Chiquinho_e_Billy_Blanco_(1956).tif|left|thumb|Garoto, Radamés Gnatalli, Chiquinho and Billy Blanco, 1955. [[Brazilian National Archives]].]]
Among his other hits, they include "Sinfonia Paulistana", "Tereza da Praia", "O Morro", "Estatuto da Gafieira", "Mocinho Bonito", "Samba Triste", "Viva meu Samba", "Samba de Morro", "Pra Variar", "Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro" and "Canto Livre". "Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro" is composed of ten songs, written in parternship with Tom Jobim, in 1960. These songs include "Hino ao Sol", "Coisas do Dia", "Matei-me no Trabalho", "Zona Sul", "Arpoador", "Noites do Rio", "A Montanha", "O Morro", "Descendo o Morro" and "Samba do Amanhã".
"Sinfonia Paulistana" was finished in 1974, after 10 years of work.<ref name="internado">{{Cite journal |last=Paulo Saldaña |date=9 December 2010 |title=Compositor de tema de SP está internado |url= |journal=O Estado de S. Paulo |language= |location=São Paulo |publisher=S.A. O Estado de S. Paulo |volume= |issue={{formatnum:42786}} |pages=C2 |issn=15162931 |access-date=}}</ref> It is made up of 15 songs, sung by, among others, [[Elza Soares]], [[Pery Ribeiro]], Cláudia, Claudette Soares, Nadinho da Ilha, and Miltinho, with chorus provided by the [[Theatro Municipal (São Paulo)|Teatro Municipal de São Paulo]]. The production was done by Aloysio de Oliveira, with an orchestra led by maestro Chico de Moraes. The songs on the album include "Louvação de Anchieta", "Bartira", "Monções", "Tema de São Paulo", "Capital do Tempo", "O Dinheiro", "Coisas da Noite", "O Céu de São Paulo", "Amanhecendo", "O Tempo e a Hora", "Viva o Camelô", "Pro Esporte", "São Paulo Jovem", "Rua Augusta" and "Grande São Paulo". "Monções" is noted for it's [[carimbó]] influence, and "O Tempo e a Hora" is a fustion between bossa nova and pop. ''[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]'' noted the refrain of "Amanhecendo" as "what best defines the people of São Paulo".<ref name="internado" /> From 1974 to 2017, the song, the most well-known from this album, was part of the soundtrack to ''Jornal da Manhã'', the morning newscast of [[Jovem Pan|Rádio Jovem Pan]].<ref name="internado" />
[[File:Billy_Blanco,_1965.tif|thumb|Billy Blanco in 1965.]]
After briefly spending time at [[Fort Copacabana]] during the [[Military dictatorship in Brazil|military dictatorship]], Blanco composed "Canto Livre".
In 2009, he accepted the invite of filmmaker Cesar Nero to participate in the production of "Desde o Princípio" with his own song, "Sinfonia Paulistana", about a messenger from the future who arrives in São Paulo to attempt to avert catastrophe. The production included the participation of [[Antonio Abujamra]], [[Maximira Figueiredo]], [[José Mojica Marins]], Mario Gomes, and [[Chico Anysio]].
While keeping the works of this production with Nero and exchanging information, Blanco continued to dedicate himself to gospel music until he suffered a stroke in 2010, being hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name="internado" /> Despite being in stable condition, he lost all ability to speak. He died on 8 July 2011, at 87 years old.<ref name="internado" />
In 2012, the municipal government of Rio de Janeiro paid tribute to him, giving him name to the Mergulhão Billy Blanco, a construction project at the Trevo das Palmeiras (also known as the Cebolão) in the [[Barra da Tijuca]] neighborhood.<ref name="Veja o Mergulhão Billy Blanco no OpenStreetMap">{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Mergulhão Billy Blanco |url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-22.997926&lon=-43.365982&zoom=18&layers=M |access-date= |website= |publisher=Openstreetmap.org |language=}}</ref>
== Books authored (in partnership) ==
* MACEDO, Regina Helena - ''Tirando de Letra e Música'' - Editora Record - [[1996]] - 224 pages- ISBN 85-01-04339-7
* MACEDO, Regina Helena - ''Florentino Dias: uma vida dedicada a música'' - Editora Record - 96 pages - ISBN 85-01-05652-9
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.musicabrasileira.net/billyblanco Billy Blanco Biography] on www.musicabrasileira.net
{{Wikiquote}}
{{commons}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco, Billy}}
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category
eople from Belém]][[Category:Musicians from São Paulo]]
[[Category:Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)]]
[[Category:Bossa nova singers]]
[[Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent]]
[[Category:Brazilian people of Spanish descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian male musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian composers]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian architects]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian male musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian composers]]
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