Fado de Coimbra

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musical genre regional style of fado

Fado de Coimbra is a distinctive, male-sung style of Portuguese fado associated with the university city of Coimbra, characterized by academic traditions and accompaniment on the Portuguese guitar.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
fado de Coimbra 2
Coimbra fado 1
accompanied by Portuguese guitar 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical genre ⓘ
regional style of fado ⓘ
associatedWith Coimbra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coimbra students ⓘ
University of Coimbra ⓘ
academic tunas ⓘ
university cloaks ⓘ
characteristic academic traditions ⓘ
melancholic mood ⓘ
poetic lyrics ⓘ
serenades ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
culturalRegion Centro Region of Portugal ⓘ
developedFrom Portuguese fado ⓘ
developedIn Coimbra NERFINISHED ⓘ
differsFrom Lisbon fado ⓘ
genreOf Portuguese music ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Adriano Correia de Oliveira ⓘ
António Menano ⓘ
Artur Paredes ⓘ
Carlos Paredes ⓘ
Edmundo Bettencourt ⓘ
José Afonso ⓘ
Luís Goes ⓘ
hasSubculture student fado tradition ⓘ
influenced Portuguese protest song ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
notablePlaceForPerformance Quebra-Costas steps in Coimbra ⓘ
Sé Velha de Coimbra ⓘ
partOf Portuguese cultural heritage ⓘ
performancePractice Fado de Coimbra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: accompanied by Portuguese guitar

sung at night ⓘ
sung outdoors ⓘ
relatedTo Museu do Fado ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon fado
typicalDressCode black academic suit ⓘ
black cape ⓘ
typicalSetting Coimbra ⓘ
surface form: Coimbra old town

night-time serenades ⓘ
university courtyards ⓘ
typicalTheme Coimbra city NERFINISHED ⓘ
love ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
saudade ⓘ
student life ⓘ
typicalVocalists male singers ⓘ
usesInstrument Portuguese guitar ⓘ
classical guitar ⓘ
vocalStyle more declamatory than Lisbon fado ⓘ
operatic influence ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Coimbra fado
Coimbra → isKnownFor → Fado de Coimbra ⓘ
this entity surface form: fado de Coimbra
Fado de Coimbra → performancePractice → Fado de Coimbra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: accompanied by Portuguese guitar
this entity surface form: fado de Coimbra