Adriano Maria Correia Gomes de Oliveira, GCIH, ComL

Order of Liberty

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, or just Adriano (April 9, 1942 – October 16, 1982) was a Portuguese

Portugal

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 musician, born to a conservative Roman Catholic family in Porto

Porto

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. His family moved to Avintes

Avintes

Avintes is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. It has a population of 11,523 and an area of 9.38 km². It is a town on the left bank of river Douro, east of the city of Gaia and south of Porto. Its origins date back to the time of the roman empire...

 after his birth. He went to Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...

 to study at the University of Coimbra, and eventually dropped out, albeit being involved in the student activism and Coimbra fado

Coimbra Fado

Coimbra Fado is a genre of fado originating in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. It was adopted as the music of the university students of this city, also known as Student Fado , but is usually considered the typical music of Coimbra itself.It is performed with the traditional Guitarra de Coimbra...

 music.

Adriano was part of a generation of composers and singers of political songs that used music and lyrics to fight against the Estado Novo dictatorial regime. For that, he became famous among the democratic resistance and was persecuted by the political police, PIDE

PIDE

In 1969, Marcello Caetano changed the name PIDE to DGS . The death of Salazar and the subsequent ascension of Caetano brought some attempts at democratization, in order to avoid popular insurgency against censorship, the ongoing colonial war and the general restriction of civil rights...

 for his subversive actions. Adriano was a personal friend of many musicians like Zeca Afonso

Zeca Afonso

José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as Zeca Afonso or just Zeca , was born in Aveiro, Portugal, the son of José Nepomuceno Afonso, a judge, and Maria das Dores. Zeca is among the most influential folk and political musicians in Portuguese history...

, Padre Fanhais, Sérgio Godinho

Sérgio Godinho

Sérgio Godinho, OL is a Portuguese poet, composer, and singer. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most influential popular musicians in Portugal...

 or Luísa Basto, with whom he collaborated in the recording of many albums.

Adriano was also a member of the Portuguese Communist Party

Portuguese Communist Party

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 and participated many times in the Avante! Festival

Avante! Festival

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. He was also a friend of the socialist

Portuguese Socialist Party

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 Manuel Alegre

Manuel Alegre

Manuel Alegre de Melo Duarte, GCL , is a Portuguese poet and politician, member of the Socialist Party, and a candidate to the Portuguese presidential election, 2006...

, who wrote many of his lyrics. He died in Avintes at the age of 40 due to a vascular accident.

Albums

• 1969 - «O canto e as armas»
  • E de súbito um sino
  • Raiz
  • E a carne se fez verbo
  • E o bosque se fez barco
  • Peregrinação
  • A batalha de Alcácer-Quibir
  • Regresso
  • Canção da fronteira
  • Por aquele caminho
  • Canto da nossa tristeza
  • Trova do vento que passa N.2
  • As mãos
  • Post-scriptum
• 1970 - «Cantaremos»
  • Cantar de emigração
  • Saudade pedra e espada
  • Fala do homem nascido
  • O Sol p'rguntou à Lua
  • Canção para o meu amor não se perder no mercado da concorrência
  • Lágrima de preta
  • Canção com lágrimas
  • Cantar para um pastor
  • Como hei-de amar serenamente
  • Sapateia
  • A noite dos poetas
• 1971 - «Gente de aqui e de agora»
  • Emigração
  • E alegre se fez triste
  • O senhor morgado
  • Cana verde
  • A vila de Alvito
  • Canção tão simples
  • Cantiga de amigo
  • Para Rosalia
  • Roseira brava
  • História do quadrilheiro Manuel Domingos Louzeiro
• 1975 - «Que nunca mais»
  • Tejo que levas as águas
  • O senhor gerente
  • As balas
  • No vale escuro
  • Tu e eu meu amor
  • Recado a Helena
  • Dona Abastança
  • Cantiga de Montemaior
  • P'ra a frente