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This musical movement, with its extremely patriotic nature, was seen by many as being favorable to the dictatorship of GetГєlio Vargas, generating criticism towards Barroso and his work, which was perceived as Barroso's prostration to the regime. This song, because of its exaltation of Brazil's great qualities, marked the creation of a new genre within samba, known as samba-exaltaГ§ГЈo (exaltation samba). It was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 12th greatest Brazilian song. Due to the huge popularity achieved in the United States, it received an English version by songwriter Bob Russell. After that, the song became known not only in Brazil, but worldwide, becoming the first Brazilian song to be played over a million times on American radio. The song only became famous after it was included in Walt Disney's 1942 animated film Saludos Amigos, sung by AloГsio de Oliveira. The two men would only speak to each other again fifteen years later, when both received the National Order of Merit.

The president of the jury was Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Barroso, offended that his masterpiece was not on the list, ended his relationship with him. In 1940, it was not among the top three songs of that year's Carnival in Rio. 'Aquarela do Brasil' took a while to succeed. It was also recorded by Araci Cortes, but despite the singer's huge popularity at the time, the song was not a success, perhaps because the song was not adjusted to her tenor voice. It was then recorded by Francisco de Morais Alves, arranged by RadamГ©s Gnattali and his orchestra, and released by Odeon Records in August 1939. Release and reception Д«efore being recorded, 'Aquarela do Brasil', initially named 'Aquarela brasileira', was performed by the baritone CГўndido Botelho on Joujoux e Balangandans, a benefit concert sponsored by Darci Vargas, then the First Lady of Brazil. He declared to have felt like another person after writing the song. According to him, 'the rest came naturally, music and lyrics at once'. The original beat 'sang on imagination, highlighting the sound of the rain, on syncope beats of fantastic tambourins'. Initially, he wrote the first chords, which he defined as 'vibrant', and a 'plangent of emotions'. According to the composer, he 'felt all the greatness, the value and the wealth of our land', reliving 'the tradition of the national panels'. Дescribing the song in an interview to Marisa Lira, of the newspaper DiГЎrio de NotГcias, Barroso said that he wanted to 'free the samba away from the tragedies of life, of the sensual scenario already so explored'. He also wrote 'TrГЄs lГЎgrimas' (Three Teardrops) on that same night, before the rain ended. Its title, a reference to watercolor painting, is a clear reference to the rain. Longtime collaborator and peer Caetaeno Veloso joins in a duet on the samba-inflected 'No Tabuleiro da Baiana,' also known as 'Bahia.Ary Barroso wrote 'Aquarela do Brasil' in early 1939, when he was prevented from leaving his home one rainy night due to a heavy storm.

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About this time, the singer was reaching her full stature as Brazil's premier pop singer, her only serious rival being Elis Regina, who had recorded her own very different, celebrated version of 'Aquarela Do Brasil.' Many of these compositions were actually written in the '40s and '50s, but in Gal's capable hands, songs like 'Tu' and 'Inquietacao' sound like fully contemporary pop of the '80s and beyond. While the album bears slight traces of the neo-disco production that would soon come to plague Brazilian pop music in the '80s, it is mostly a wholly successful showcase for Gal Costa's extraordinary voice and interpretive abilities. Recorded at the height of the MPB movement in 1980, AQUARELA DO BRASIL is the singer Gal Costa's tribute to the famed Brazilian songwriter Ary Barroso, the author of the celebrated title track as well as many others not as well known outside his native land.