carnival marches are predominant songs in the Carnival Brazilian. Its lyrics are simple, with malice and rhymes that are easy to memorize. The marchinhas appeared in Brazil in the middle of the 20th century and, despite not being as popular as in the past, they can be considered part of the national Carnival.
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Origin of Carnival marches
The marchinhas are intrinsically linked to Carnival, which it arrivedTheBrazil not yet colonial period. However, it was during the 20th century that this party became close to what we know today.
In the context of late 19th century, the carnival marches surgedat the Rio de Janeiro. It was during this period, in 1899, that the Brazilian pianist and composer Chiquinha Gonzaga composed the first marchinha, Oh open wings.
The origin of name "march" goes backà march of the soldiers, as the beat is similar to military fanfares. Despite its emergence in the 19th century, it was in the 20th century, between the 1920s and 1960s, that marchinhas reached their peak.
At first, the marchinhas Brazilianownedwent strong Portuguese influence, both with simple melodies and binary time signature. In season, broom (1912) and The Cockroach (1917) were a great success in Brazil.
Characteristics of Carnival marches
Over the years, marchinhas gained a faster pace, with simple melodies and lyrics with malice. The characteristics of marchinhas make them easily identified by the public. Some of these elements are:
small, simple letters;
easy memorization;
humor;
double meaning;
irony;
social criticism.
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The height of Carnival marches
Throughout the twentieth century, between 1920 and 1960, the Carnival marchinhas lived the golden age of the Brazilian Carnival. At the time, big names played marchinhas, such as dalva de oliveira, Carmen Miranda, Silvio Caldas and Mario Reis.
It was so successful that in the 1950s, many artists in Brazil took the risk of writing marchinhas. It was the case of Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso, for example. Buarque wrote the song The band, from 1966, for the Carnival of the time. Caetano wrote some marchinhas and also flirted with the frevo.
Decline of Carnival marches
The marchinhas begin to lose the "hegemony" of Carnival as the samba and the samba-enredo he isfrogm increasingly popular, mainly in Rio de Janeiro. However, over the years, other genres began to play a leading role in Carnival music, such as axé, funk and corny.
Although they are no longer the most played genre at carnivals around Brazil, marchinhas still occupy a important place in the Brazilian popular imagination with regard to Carnival.
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What are the most famous Carnival songs?
In addition to Oh open wings, over the years several marchinhas have marked Brazilian popular culture, such as:
Allah-la-oh(Haroldo Lobo and Nássara, 1940);
Mommy ANDu Quero(Jararaca and Vicente Paiva, 1936);
Me Dthere is one Dmoney Aí(Ivan Ferreira, Homero Ferreira and Glauco Ferreira, 1959);
Liquor(Mirabeau Pinheiro, Lúcio de Castro and Heber Lobato, 1953).
Check below the lyrics of the most famous Carnival marches in Brazil.
Oh open wings
Ô open the wings that I want to pass
Excuse me so I can vent
The gardener left my garden
Just because the rose decided to like me
The gardener left my garden
Just because the rose decided to like me
Ô open the wings that I want to pass
Excuse me so I can vent
The gardener left my garden
Just because the rose decided to like me
The gardener left my garden
Just because the rose decided to like me
I don't want the rose
Because there is no rose that does not have thorns
I prefer the affectionate gardener
the fragrant flower
And your affections
(Chiquinha Gonzaga, 1899)
Allah-la-oh
Allah-la-oh, hey hey hey hey
How hot, oh oh oh oh
We crossed the Sahara desert
the sun was hot
It burned our face
We came from Egypt
and many times
we had to pray
Allah! allah! allah, my good allah!
Send water to yoyo
Send water to iaiá
Allah! my good allah
Mom I want
Mom I want, Mom I want
Mom I want to suck
Give the pacifier, give the pacifier
Give the baby a pacifier so he doesn't cry
Sleep baby of my heart
Take the bottle and come enter my cord
I have a sister called Ana
Blinking the eye already lost the eyelash
I look at the little ones but that way
I'm really sorry I'm not a suckling child
I have a sister who is phenomenal
She is bossa and her husband is a boçal
Give me one Dmoney there
Hey, you there!
Give me some money!
Give me some money!
Won't you?
Won't you give it?
You will see the big mess
What am I going to do drinking until I drop
Give me give me give me, oh!
Give me some money!
Liquor
Do you think that cachaça is water?
Cachaça is not water
Cachaça comes from the still
And water comes from the stream
I can miss everything in life
rice beans and bread
I may lack butter
And everything else is not needed
I may miss love
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
I even find this funny
I just don't want you to miss me
The damn cachaça
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By Miguel Souza
Journalist
Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/carnaval/marchinhas-de-carnaval.htm