From Coimbra to Rio de Janeiro: the Couceiro´s guitar makers and their participation in the regional and international exhibitions
Resumo
Portuguese emigrants who moved to Brazil brought traditions and customs.
Documents show that throughout the whole of the nineteenth century socalled
guitar workshops peppered the streets of the centre of Rio, with
Portuguese craftsmen making guitars of various kinds, later making way for
the making of instruments in the traditional music shops, such as the
“Rabeca de Ouro” (literally, Golden Fiddle), founded by João dos Santos
Couceiro, who moved from Coimbra to Rio de Janeiro in 1871. During his
career he presented his instruments in regional and international exhibitions,
aspects that will be documented in this text.
Os emigrantes portugueses que se transferiram para o Brasil trouxeram
tradições e hábitos de vida. Durante todo o século XIX polvilharam nas ruas
do centro do Rio as chamadas oficinas de violeiros, criadas por artesãos
portugueses. Alguns desses fabricantes foram responsáveis pelo
estabelecimento das lojas de música, dentre os quais o conimbricense João
dos Santos Couceiro fundador da “Rabeca de Ouro”, que chegou à cidade
em 1871. Durante toda a sua vida profissional Couceiro participou de
mostras nacionais e internacionais, aspectos destacados neste texto.
From Coimbra to Rio de Janeiro: the Couceiro´s guitar makers and their participation in the regional and international exhibitions
Resumo
Portuguese emigrants who moved to Brazil brought traditions and customs.
Documents show that throughout the whole of the nineteenth century socalled
guitar workshops peppered the streets of the centre of Rio, with
Portuguese craftsmen making guitars of various kinds, later making way for
the making of instruments in the traditional music shops, such as the
“Rabeca de Ouro” (literally, Golden Fiddle), founded by João dos Santos
Couceiro, who moved from Coimbra to Rio de Janeiro in 1871. During his
career he presented his instruments in regional and international exhibitions,
aspects that will be documented in this text.
Os emigrantes portugueses que se transferiram para o Brasil trouxeram
tradições e hábitos de vida. Durante todo o século XIX polvilharam nas ruas
do centro do Rio as chamadas oficinas de violeiros, criadas por artesãos
portugueses. Alguns desses fabricantes foram responsáveis pelo
estabelecimento das lojas de música, dentre os quais o conimbricense João
dos Santos Couceiro fundador da “Rabeca de Ouro”, que chegou à cidade
em 1871. Durante toda a sua vida profissional Couceiro participou de
mostras nacionais e internacionais, aspectos destacados neste texto.