Corvos
Encyclopedia
Corvos is a Portuguese band. The word signifies crow
s in portuguese.
formation that play mostly rock songs. It mixes the instrumental elements to the compositions, their classical
origins, rock
, contemporary pop music
and other musical genres.
constituted by:
With the release of their fourth album, The Jinx, Corvos included a drummer in it's lineup.
Albums
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...
s in portuguese.
Music
Corvos is quite uncommon within the Portuguese music scene. It is constituted by four elements with classical musicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
formation that play mostly rock songs. It mixes the instrumental elements to the compositions, their classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
origins, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, contemporary pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and other musical genres.
Members
It is a string quartetString quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
constituted by:
- Pedro Teixeira da Silva (violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
) - Tiago Flores (violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
) - Luis Santos (violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
) - Cláudio Nunes (celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
)
With the release of their fourth album, The Jinx, Corvos included a drummer in it's lineup.
Discography
Singles- Futuro que era Brilhante (2001)
Albums
- Corvos Visitam Xutos (1999)
- Post Scriptum (2001)
- Corvos 3 (2003)
- The Jinx (2007)
- Medo (2010)