"Canção do Mar" is a song in the fado tradition by Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues initially recorded with the lyrics "Solidão" for the soundtrack of the film "Les amants du Tage" also known by the
Amalia Rodrigues Les Amants du Tage
Tristao da Silva Cancao do Mar
Fado is a music genre which can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information
Canção do Mar
…Canção do Mar" (in English: "Song of the Sea") is a song in the fado tradition by Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues initially recorded with the lyrics "Solidão" (in English: "Solitude") for the soundtrack of the film…
Fado, painting by José Malhoa (1910)
Maria Severa, fado singer (1820–1846)
Coimbra students playing fado in a serenade at the front door of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Sé Velha)