Cornélio Pires

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cornélio Pires
Portrait of Pires
Portrait of Pires
Born(1884-07-13)July 13, 1884
Tietê, São Paulo, Brazil
DiedFebruary 17, 1958(1958-02-17) (aged 73)
São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationJournalist
RelativesElsie Lessa (cousin)
Orígenes Lessa (cousin)
Ivan Lessa (cousin)

Cornélio Pires (July 13, 1884 in Tietê – February 17, 1958 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian journalist, writer, and folklorist.[1]

Cornélio Pires was one the most important scholars of the caipira people of Brazil and was the first to launch, in 78 rpm records, música caipira recordings, called today "roots music", as opposed to later sertanejo music.[2]

Cornélio Pires was a cousin of the writers Elsie Lessa, Orígenes Lessa, Ivan Lessa and Sergio Pinheiro Lopes. Cornélio is also the uncle of the spiritist journalist and thinker José Herculano Pires.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Santos de Matos, Maria Izilda; Ferreira, Elton Bruno (2015-07-01). "Entre causos e canções: Cornélio Pires e a cultura caipira (São Paulo, 1920-1950)". Historia Crítica (in Portuguese) (57): 37–54. doi:10.7440/histcrit57.2015.03. ISSN 0121-1617.
  2. ^ Nepomuceno, Rosa (1999). Música caipira: da roça ao rodeio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora 34. ISBN 978-85-7326-157-8.