RIP Carlos Lyra

 

Carlos Lyra, bossa nova singer and songwriter, dies at 90

Melodista was hospitalized on Thursday (14) with a fever in Rio. Lyra was a partner of Vinicius de Moraes, Ronaldo Bôscoli and other artists. He produced great hits, such as 'Coisa mais linda', 'Minha namorada', 'Primavera', 'Sabe você' and 'Você e eu'. The cause of death was not given.

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12/16/2023

 

Singer and songwriter Carlos Lyra, partner of Vinicius de Moraes, Tom Jobim, Ronaldo Bôscoli and other artists, died in the early hours of Saturday (16), in Rio. The information was confirmed by the family.

Author of hits such as 'Coisa mais linda', 'Minha namorada', 'Primavera', 'Sabe você' and 'Você e eu', Lyra was one of the most inspired melodists in Brazilian music of all time.

According to his wife, Magda Pereira Botafogo, the 90-year-old composer was hospitalized with a fever on Thursday (14) at the Unimed Hospital in Barra da Tijuca. After some tests, a bacterium was detected. The cause of death is still unknown.

Revealed on record in the voice of Sylvia Telles (1935 – 1966), a singer who recorded Menino in 1956, Lyra was one of the composers of the movement labeled as bossa nova.

The artist leaves his mark on the history of Brazilian music and a repertoire of 196 musical works and 355 recordings registered in the database of collective management in Brazil.

The musician's body will be watched on Sunday (17), from 10 am to 2 pm, at the Carmo Memorial, in Caju. The ceremony will be restricted to family and friends.

In addition to being an established musician, the melodist from Rio de Janeiro also played a fundamental role in the diffusion of Brazilian culture. Lyra was one of those responsible for founding the Centro Popular de Cultura, CPC, of the National Union of Students, in 1961.

Career

Lyra's first composition to be released was "Menino", recorded in the voice of Sylvia Telles, in 1956. In 1959, he released his first album, entitled "Bossa nova". In the same year, João Gilberto recorded "Maria ninguém" and "Lobo bobo", from Lyra's partnership with Ronaldo Bôscoli.

The track "Coisa mais linda", composed by Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes, was released in 1961. The duo also created "Ash Wednesday March" (1963), "My Girlfriend" (1964), Spring (1964) and "You Know" (1964).

Lyra also demonstrated her social and political ideology by composing the soundtrack for the play "A maisvalia vai acaba, seu Edgar" (1960), by São Paulo playwright and director Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, known as Vianinha.

Years later, the singer renewed his repertoire in albums such as "Eu & elas" (1972) and "Hero of Fear" (1975). In the 1980s, he adhered to re-recordings of bossa nova classics and would have new partnerships with artists such as Joyce Moreno and Paulo César Pinheiro.

Lyra also recorded other works of unreleased songs, such as "Carioca de algema" (1994) and "Além da bossa" (2019). In 2023, big names in MPB paid tribute to the artist in the collective album "Afeto".

LYRA, Carlos (Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa)

Born: 5/11/1935, Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died: 12/16/2023, Rio de Janiero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlos Lyra’s western – actor:

Pistolero Bossa Nova - 1959