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Years active
  
1942–2013

Origin
  
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Name
  
Paulo Vanzolini

Genres
  
Role
  
Music composer

Instruments
  
Voice


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Born
  
April 25, 1924 (
1924-04-25
)

Occupation(s)
  
Singer, songwriter, zoologist

Died
  
April 28, 2013, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Education
  
Harvard University (1949–1951)

Albums
  
Onze sambas e uma capoeira

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

Similar People
  
Toquinho, Paulinho Nogueira, Elton Medeiros, Waldir Azevedo

Birth name
  
Paulo Emilio Vanzolini

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Paulo Emilio Vanzolini ([ˈpawlu eˈmiliu vɐ̃zoˈlini]; April 25, 1924 - April 28, 2013) was a Brazilian scientist and music composer. He was best known for his samba compositions, including the famous "Ronda", "Volta por Cima", and "Boca da Noite", and for his scientific works in herpetology. He is considered one of the greatest samba composers from São Paulo. Until his death, he still conducted research at the University of São Paulo (USP).

Contents

Paulo Vanzolini Volta por cima and Ronda Brazilian Lyrics in English

A beautiful Samba written by Paulo Vanzolini - When I'm gone, I will without guilt...


Personal life and academic career

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Paulo Vanzolini was born in São Paulo. When he was four years old, his family moved to Rio de Janeiro where he lived for two years. In 1930, he came back to São Paulo where he studied all his life. In 1942, Vanzolini started studying medicine. At this period, he used to go out with friends whole nights and during these nights he composed his first songs.

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In 1944, he worked at Rádio América, with his cousin. However, when Vanzolini was drafted into the army, he had to stop his work and studies. Two years later, he restarted the medicine course and became a school teacher and a researcher for the Museu de Zoologia, of the University of São Paulo. In 1947, he graduated in medicine. One year later, he married, and went to the USA where he received his PhD in zoology at Harvard University.

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Between 1963 and 1993, Vanzolini served as director of the Museu de Zoologia, becoming a famous zoologist. He was responsible for assembling one of the largest collections of reptiles and a large library about these kinds of animals. Although retired since 1993, the zoologist and musician still had a research affiliation with the Museu de Zoologia of the University of São Paulo until his death.

Music career

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Paulo Vanzolini composed his first sambas during the years he studied medicine. However, his greatest hits were composed in the 1950s. In 1951, after obtaining his PhD and returning to Brazil, he composed "Ronda", and in 1959 he composed "Volta por cima". These songs were recorded by many Brazilian artists.

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For years, despite the success of his songs, Vanzolini never recorded an album. Only in 1967, his friends Luís Carlos Paraná and Marcus Pereira, produced an album containing Vanzolini's songs. It was named Onze sambas e uma capoeira and it counts on the participation of famous artists, like Toquinho and Chico Buarque.

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In 1969, he composed with Toquinho. The results of this partnership were released in that same year in the album Boca da Noite, by Toquinho. It is worth noting that Toquinho was Vanzolini's only partner during his career as a musician and composer.

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In 1981, Vanzolini recorded Por ele mesmo. This is the one and only LP played by himself. Excluding this album, the only way to listen to him singing was at Boate Jogral where he used to play.

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In 2003, Vanzolini was honored with the release of the album Acerto de contas. It is a collection of his songs played by the most famous artists of Brazil.

Distinctions

Paulo Vanzolini Academia Brasileira de Cincias

Vanzolini received many honors and distinctions among them

  • APCA Premium (São Paulo Association of Art Critics Premium), in recognition of his musical work
  • Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
  • Guggenheim Foundation Fellow (1949), New York, USA, for his contribution to science
  • Honorary Foreign Member of the American Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (1973)
  • Great Cross of the National Scientific Merit Order, Brazil (1994)
  • Merit Honor Diploma from the Brazilian Society of Zoology (2000)
  • Rio Branco Order (2002)
  • Commendan of the Ipiranga Order (2003)
  • Rocha Lima Medal of the Biological Institute of São Paulo (2004)
  • Emeritus Researcher of the National Council of Scientific Development (CNPq, 2007)
  • Anchieta Medal (2009)
  • Conrado Wessel Prize in the category “Culture” (2011)
  • Taxa named in his honor

    Several described species were named after Professor Vanzolini, such as:

  • Alpaida vanzolinii Levi, 1988 (Arachnida, Araneidae)
  • Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974) (Amphibia, Cycloramphidae)
  • Amphisbaena vanzolinii Gans, 1963 (Reptilia, Amphisbaenidae)
  • Anolis vanzolinii (E.E. Williams, Orcés, Matheus, Bleiweiss, 1996) (Reptilia, Dactyloidae)
  • Anotosaura vanzolinia Dixon, 1974 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae)
  • Cnemidophorus vanzoi Baskin & E.E. Williams, 1966 (Reptilia, Teiidae)
  • Cochranella vanzolinii Taylor & Cochran, 1953 (Amphibia, Centrolenidae)
  • Dendrobates vanzolinii Myers, 1982 (Amphibia, Dendrobatidae)
  • Exallostreptus vanzolinii Hoffman, 1988 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptidae)
  • Gymnodactylus vanzolinii Cassimiro & Rodrigues, 2009 (Reptilia, Phyllodactylidae)
  • Gymnophthalmus vanzoi Carvalho, 1999 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae)
  • Hylodes vanzolinii Heyer, 1982 (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae)
  • Kentropyx vanzoi Gallagher & Dixon, 1980 (Reptilia, Teiidae)
  • Liophis vanzolinii Dixon, 1985 (Reptilia, Colubridae)
  • Nausigaster vanzolinii Andretta & Carrera, 1952 (Insecta, Syrphidae)
  • Phrynomedusa vanzolinii Cruz, 1991 (Amphibia, Hylidae)
  • Pithecia vanzolinii Heshkovitz, 1987 (Mammalia, Primates, Cebidae)
  • Psittoecus vanzolinii Guimarães, 1974 (Insecta, Philopteridae)
  • Saimiri vanzolinii Ayres, 1985 (Mammalia, Primates, Cebidae)
  • Vanzosaura Rodrigues, 1991 (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae)
  • Discography

  • 1967: Onze sambas e uma capoeira (recorded by various artists)
  • 1974: A música de Paulo Vanzolini
  • 1981: Por ele mesmo
  • 2003: Acerto de contas
  • References

    Paulo Vanzolini Wikipedia


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