Henrique "Almirante" Foreis Domingues (1908-1980) | University of Illinois Archives

Name: Henrique "Almirante" Foreis Domingues (1908-1980)

Variant Name: Almirante

Historical Note: Henrieque "Almirante" Foreis Domingues (1908-1980) was a Brazilian composer and scholar. Foreis began his musical career in 1928 while a student at the Baptist College of Rio de Janeiro. He joined the group "Flor do Tempo"--a musical ensemble which included João "Braguinha" de Barro, Alvinho, and Henrique Brito--and adopted the nickname Almirante, or Admiral. In the early 1930s, he helped popularize samba and carnival songs through his work at Radio Tupi in Rio de Janeiro. In 1951 he produced a radio program called In the Time of Noel Rosa, about Rosa's interpretation of samba in the 1920s. In 1963, he wrote a biography on the life of Rosa under the name Almirante.

Sources:

Gerard Behague, "Brazil," Grove Music Online, 2001.

Gerard Behague, "Rosa, Noel (de Medeiros)," Grove Music Online, 2001.

Roberto Salvador, "Preface" in Radioescola: Uma Proposta para o Ensino de Primeiro Grau (Sao Paulo, Brazil: Annablume editora, 1999), 15.

Note Author: Nolan Vallier