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Definitions of fado in various dictionaries:
noun - a sad Portuguese folksong
A sad Portuguese folksong.
noun - a Portuguese folk song
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Jan 21 2002 The Times - Concise |
Aug 9 2001 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Aug 9 2001 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
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A sad Portuguese folksong. |
a sad Portuguese folksong |
A type of popular Portuguese song, usually with a melancholy theme and accompanied by mandolins or guitars. |
Fado description |
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Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [faðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But even that information was frequently modified within the generational transmission process that made it reach us today."Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fatefulness and melancholia. This is loosely captured by the Portuguese word saudade, or "longing", symbolizing a feeling of loss (a permanent, irreparable loss and its conseq |