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| Festival Internacional da Canção | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Rio de Janeiro |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1966 – 1972 |
The Festival Internacional da Canção (FIC) was an annual televised music competition held at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro from 1966 to 1972. The festival was created by journalist Augusto Marzagão and was designed with the goal of rivaling the Festival de Música Popular Brasileira hosted by TV Record.[1] Despite only having a seven year run, it featured several of the most influential musicians in Brazilian music including Raul Seixas, Os Mutantes, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Gilberto Gil.[2][3]
The competition consisted of two divisions: a national section (consisting of only Brazilian songwriters) and an international section (consisting of all attending countries including the winners of the national section). Winners of the international section were given the Golden Rooster Award designed by Ziraldo and produced by jewelry firm H. Stern.
Formation
[edit]Augusto Marzagão was a savvy businessman who befriended several of the most important politicians, executives, and musicians across Brazil. He was notably a good friend of Jânio Quadros, serving as his secretary while he was governor for São Paulo. After Jânio was elected president in 1961, Marzagão was given the role of Director of Public Relations for the Brazilian Coffee Institute. Through this role, he set up a post in Milan later advertising at the Sanremo Music Festival.[4]
Inspired by the format of the Sanremo Music Festival, Marzagão enlisted the help of Francisco Negrão de Lima, the then current governor of the State of Guanabara
Editions
[edit]1967
[edit]The second annual festival was the first broadcast by TV Globo, allowing Hilton Gomes to serve as its presenter.
1968
[edit]In the third annual festival, both sections were won by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque with "Sabiá". While well-received by the panel of judges, it was notably booed during both sections of the competition by the audience. The second place song, "Pra Não Dizer que Não Falei das Flores", written and performed by Geraldo Vandré.[8]
1970
[edit]The fifth annual festival started off rife with issues. The gymnasium of the Maracanãzinho had caught fire in early January, and repairs were behind schedule. Because of the fire damage, the event was postponed for three weeks, leading to half a dozen countries to drop out.[9][10]
Results
[edit]National
[edit]| Results of the National Section | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ed. | Song | Songwriter(s) | Performer(s) |
| 1966 | I | "Saveiros" | Dori Caymmi and Nelson Motta | Nana Caymmi |
| 1967 | II | Margarida | Guttemberg Guarabyra | Guttemberg Guarabyra and Grupo Manifesto |
| 1968 | III | "Sabiá" | Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque | Cynara and Cybele |
| 1969 | IV | "Cantiga por Luciana" | Edmundo Souto and Paulinho Tapajos | Evinha |
| 1970 | V | BR-3 | Antonio Adolfo and Tiberio Gaspar | Tony Tornado and Trio Ternura |
| 1971 | VI | "Kyrie" | Paulinho Soares and Marcelo Silva | Trio Ternura |
| 1972 | VII | "Fio Maravilha" | Jorge Ben | Maria Alcina and Paulinho da Costa |
International
[edit]| Results of the International Section | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ed. | Country | Song | Songwriter(s) | Performer(s) |
| 1966 | I |  Germany
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"Frag Den Wind" | Helmut Zacharias and Carl J. Schauber | Inge Brück |
| 1967 | II |  Italy
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"Per una Donna" | Marcello di Martino, Giulio Perreta, and Corrado Mantoni | Jimmy Fontana |
| 1968 | III |  Brazil
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"Sabiá" | Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque | Cynara and Cybele |
| 1969 | IV | Brazil
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"Cantiga por Luciana" | Edmundo Souto and Paulinho Tapajos | Evinha |
| 1970 | V |  Argentina
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"Pedro Nadie" | Piero and José Tcherkaski | Piero |
| 1971 | VI |  Mexico
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"Y Después del Amor" | Arturo Castro | Los Hermanos Castro |
| 1972 | VII |  United States
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"Nobody Calls me Prophet" | David Clayton-Thomas and William Smith | David Clayton-Thomas |
References
[edit]- ^ Staff (29 November 2017). "Morre Augusto Marzagão, o Criador do Festival Internacional da Canção" [Augusto Marzagão, creator of the International Song Festival, dies]. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Stroud, Sean (2000). "Musica e para o povo cantar: Culture, Politics, and Brazilian Song Festivals, 1965-1972". Latin American Music Review. 21 (2): 87. doi:10.2307/780449.
- ^ Martins, Osmar Marrom (1 October 2022). "Let Me Sing: há 50 anos, Raul Seixas Sacudia o Festival Internacional da Canção" [Let Me Sing: 50 years Ago, Raul Seixas Rocked the International Song Festival]. Jornal Correio (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Johnston, Henry (2 November 1968). "Rio Fest Founder Looks to Stir Latin-Americans to New Fests". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 44. p. 64.
- ^ Poletto, Fabio Guilherme (July 2015). "Sabiá no III Festival Internacional da Canção: vaia e ocaso da estética bossa novista de Tom Jobim" [Sabiá at the III Festival Internacional da Canção: Boos and the Decline of Tom Jobim's Bossa Nova Aesthetics.]. Antíteses (in Portuguese). 8 (15): 43. doi:10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n15p43.
- ^ Souza, Thiago Rafael de; Gruber, Tayná; Roberta Santos Moreira, Juliane (2017). "Os Festivais Internacionais Da Canção (1966-1972): De Atração Turístisca À Vitrine Da Indústria Fonográfica Brasileira" [The International Song Festivals (1966-1972): From Tourist Attraction To The Brazilian Phonographic Industry Showcase]. Revista de História Bilros. 5 (10): 115–135.
- ^ Fillion, Eric (2 January 2023). "Pop friction: performing Canada at the Festival Internacional da Canção Popular". Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 48 (1): 72–91. doi:10.1080/08263663.2023.2125785.
- ^ Poletto, Fabio Guilherme (31 July 2015). "Sabiá no III Festival Internacional da Canção: vaia e ocaso da estética bossa novista de Tom Jobim" [Sabiá at the 3rd International Song Festival: booing and the decline of Tom Jobim's bossa nova aesthetic]. Antíteses. 8 (15): 43. doi:10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n15p43.
- ^ Johnston, Henry (24 October 1970). "Rio Fest to Roll as Snafus are Beaten". Billboard. Vol. 82, no. 43. pp. 1, 66.
- ^ de Mello 2003, p. 273. "O Maracanãzinho tinha sofrido um incêndio em janeiro, as obras de reconstrução estavam atrasadas e, para assegurar o festival e rebater dúvidas, a primeira providência foi adiá-lo."
Bibliography
[edit]- Fléchet, Anaïs. (2016). « Si tu vas à Rio... » : La Musique Populaire Brésilienne en France au XXe Siècle [“If you go to Rio...”: Brazilian Popular Music in France in the 20th Century] (in French). Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-28448-0. OCLC 1153442119.
- de Mello, Zuza Homem (2003). A Era Dos Festivais: Uma Parábola [The Age of Festivals: A Parable] (in Portuguese) (First ed.). Editora 34. ISBN 978-8-573-26272-8. OCLC 53320131.
- Motta, Nelson (2000). Noites Tropicais: Solos, Improvisos e Memórias Musicais [Tropical Nights: Solos, Improvisations and Musical Memories] (in Portuguese). Objetiva. ISBN 978-85730-2292-6. OCLC 45828363.