Tatuagem
Encyclopedia
"Tatuagem" is a poem written by the Brazilian singer, composer
, dramatist and writer
Chico Buarque de Holanda and the Brazilian film director
, screenwriter
, film editor, and actor
Ruy Guerra
, for the stageplay
Calabar (1972-1973). The poem was transformed into a song by Buarque, who recorded it on his album Chico Canta (1973). It was later by recorded by the Brazian singer Elis Regina
for her studio album
Falso Brilhante
(1976).
The poem is written from the point of view of a woman, who is described as being deeply in love with a man. She describes how she wants to stay in the body of her lover as if she were his tatto.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, dramatist and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Chico Buarque de Holanda and the Brazilian film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film editor, and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira is a film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor in Brazil. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques in Moçambique, when it was still a colony of Portugal....
, for the stageplay
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
Calabar (1972-1973). The poem was transformed into a song by Buarque, who recorded it on his album Chico Canta (1973). It was later by recorded by the Brazian singer Elis Regina
Elis Regina
Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known simply as Elis Regina was an important singer of Brazilian popular music. She became nationally renowned in 1965, after singing Arrastão in the first edition of TV Excelsior festival song contest, and soon joined O Fino da Bossa, a television program on TV Record...
for her studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
Falso Brilhante
Falso Brilhante
Falso Brilhante is the name of a 1976 studio album released by the critically acclaimed Brazilian MPB singer Elis Regina.On the year of 1975 Elis Regina opened her solo concert entitled Falso Brilhante, where she launched the career of a new composer, Antonio Carlos Belchior,...
(1976).
The poem is written from the point of view of a woman, who is described as being deeply in love with a man. She describes how she wants to stay in the body of her lover as if she were his tatto.
External links
- [ "Tatuagem"] at Allmusic.
- "Tatuagem" lyrics at Terra.
- Buarque performing "Tatuagem" in 1974 at YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
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