Quinteto Armorial (en: Armorial Quintet) was an important Brazilian instrumental music group formed in Recife in 1970. They recorded four LPs until the end of the group in 1980.[1][2][3]
The proposal of the Armorial Quintet was to create an erudite chamber music with popular roots, the group managed to perform a synthesis work between classical music and the popular traditions of the Northeast, in addition to the medieval Galaic-Portuguese.
It is considered the most important group to create a Brazilian classical chamber music of popular roots.
Its foundation was a dream of writer Ariano Suassuna.
References
edit- ^ "Quinteto Armorial". Dicionário Cravo Albin (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "QUINTETO ARMORIAL". Antonio Nóbrega. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "QUINTETO ARMORIAL". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.