Fado de Coimbra

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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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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