Brazilian music has continued for 75 years without Noel Rosa.
The samba musician was instrumental in popularizing the most Brazilian of rhythms, having composed 259 songs in just 26 years of life.
247 Few Brazilian artists are as representative as Noel Rosa. Born into a middle-class family in Rio de Janeiro, he was one of those responsible for bringing samba from the hills of his city to the "asphalt" society, which until then did not even consider the music born in the samba yards a manifestation of popular culture.
With his unruly lifestyle, he traded the day for the bohemian night of what was then the federal capital. The time devoted to music, poetry, and serenity prevented Noel from recovering from tuberculosis, which claimed his life at the age of 26 – on May 4, 1937.
During his short period of songwriting, he was responsible for 259 songs, counting only those that were recorded, and left behind classics of popular music and poetry such as "Fita Amarela," "Com que Roupa," "Gago Apaixonado," "Filosofia," and "Conversa de Botequim."