Jaime Ovalle or Jayme Ovalle (Belem do Pará, 1894–1955) was a Brazilian composer and poet.

He was self-taught as a composer. As an officer of the Ministério da Fazenda

Ministry of Finance (Brazil)

The Ministry of Finance of Brazil was created in 1808 with the title Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios do Brazil e da Fazenda. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing the country's economic policy.-External links:*...

, he resided mostly in New York and London. He was one of the "Second Nationalist Generation" of Brazilian composers along with Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez

Oscar Lorenzo Fernández

Oscar Lorenzo Fernández was a Brazilian composer of Spanish descent.-Life:...

 (1897-1948) and Walter Burle-Marx (1902-1990).

Works, editions and recordings

His best known song is Azulão, "bluebird" a canção to a text by Manuel Bandeira

Manuel Bandeira

Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho was a poet, literary critic, and translator.Bandeira wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose. In 1904, he found out that he suffered from tuberculosis, which encouraged him to move from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, because of Rio's tropical beach weather...

. Recorded by Conchita Badia

Conchita Badía

Concepción Badía de Agustí was a Spanish soprano and pianist. Admired for her spontaneity, expressiveness, and clear diction, she was considered one the greatest interpreters of 20th century Spanish and Latin American art song...

, Victoria de los Angeles

Victoria de los Ángeles

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, Arleen Auger

Arleen Auger

Joyce Arleen Auger was an American soprano singer, admired for her coloratura voice and interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Gluck, and Mozart.-Biography:...

, Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé

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, Kathleen Battle

Kathleen Battle

Kathleen Battle , is an African-American operatic soprano known for her agile and light voice and her silvery, pure tone. Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid 1970s. She made her opera debut in...

, Isabel Bayrakdarian

Isabel Bayrakdarian

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, Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu

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 and many other sopranos. It has also been transposed to be sung by other voices - such as by Gérard Souzay

Gérard Souzay

Gérard Souzay was a French baritone singer, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac.-Background and education:...

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Other works:

• Pedro Álvares Cabral
  Pedro Álvares Cabral
  Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese noble, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. Cabral conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life are sketchy, it...
  
  (symphonic poem)
• Legenda (for piano)
• Modinha (canção, also to a text by Manuel Bandeira)