Noel Rosa | Timeline

Noel de Medeiros Rosa (Rio de Janeiro, December 11, 1910 - Rio de Janeiro, May 4, 1937) was a brazilian samba composer, singer, guitarist, and one of the biggest and most important music artists in Brazil. He made a fundamental contribution to the legitimation of "Hilltop samba" and in "asphalt", that is, between the middle class and the radio, the main means of communication in his time - a fact of great importance, not only for samba, but for the history of popular Brazilian Music. He died prematurely at the age of 26 due to tuberculosis, and left a set of songs that became classics within the Brazilian popular songbook. In 2016 he was awarded in memoriam with the Order of Cultural Merit of Brazil, as Grand Master.

December 11, 1910 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Noel de Medeiros Rosa is born. In his birth, the use of forceps fractures and sinks his jaw, causing a small paralysis in the right face, that left him disfigured for the rest of the life

January(?) 1(?), 1914 - Rio de Janeiro - His brother Hélio is born

January(?) 1(?), 1917 - Rio de Janeiro - Surgery to his jaw

January(?) 1(?), 1923 - Rio de Janeiro - Second surgery to his jaw

September(?) 1(?), 1923 - Rio de Janeiro - 13-year-old Noel Rosa enrolls in the São Bento College and starts playing the mandolin at home

January(?) 1(?), 1928 - Rio de Janeiro - Noel Rosa leaves São Bento college

September 1(?), 1929 - Rio de Janeiro - The musical group "Bando de Tangarás" (Flock of Blue Manakins) is created =(START)

January(?) 1(?), 1930 - Rio de Janeiro - First musical success: "Com que roupa?" (With what clothes?)

December 1(?), 1930 - Rio de Janeiro - Graduates from São Bento College thanks the Law-Decree 19.494 of Getúlio Vargas' new Government, with which all students of Brazil were automatically aproved

January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Rio de Janeiro - Noel Rosa enrolls at the National University of Medicine
August 3, 1931 - Rio de Janeiro - Performance with "Bando de Tangarás" at the Casino-Theatre "Beira mar". His brother Hélio joins the group as guitarist

November 23, 1931 - While in Rio de Janeiro - "Bando de Tangarás" appears in Wallace Downey's movie "Nossas Coisas"

January(?) 1(?), 1932 - Rio de Janeiro - Deeply involved with music, Noel Rosa abandons university
March 20(?), 1932 - São Paulo - Performance at the Santana Theatre in São Paulo with "Ases do Samba"
April 8, 1932 - Porto Alegre - Noel Rosa arrives in Rio Grande do Sul aboard the "Itaquera". Performance at the Imperial Cine-Theatre, Porto Alegre, on the same day with "Ases do Samba"
April 12, 1932 - While in Porto Alegre - In Rio de Janeiro, Noel Rosa's samba "Adeus" is recorded by the group "Guarda Velha" conducted by Pixinguinha
May 6, 1932 - Porto Alegre - Daily performances at the Carlos Gomes Cine-Theatre, Porto Alegre with "Ases do Samba" (until May 8th)
May 24, 1932 - Porto Alegre - Performance at the Imperial Cine-Theatre, Porto Alegre, with "Ases do Samba"

June 1(?), 1932 - Rio de Janeiro - Returns to Rio de Janeiro after touring the southern states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul

July 11, 1932 - Rio de Janeiro - Noel Rosa meets Marília Batista, his best singer, during a party at the "Grêmio Esportivo"
August 8, 1932 - Rio de Janeiro - From August 8th to 21st, Carmen Miranda sings at the "2º Broadway Cocktail" with Francisco Alves, Noel Rosa and Almirante

November 1(?), 1933 - Grajaú - Noel Rosa passes out on stage of a cinema in Grajaú, when he was singing with Dalva de Oliveira
March 17, 1934 - Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro - Daily performance at the "Coliseu dos Recreios", Campos dos Goytacazes, for a week, with the group "Gente do Morro"
March 24, 1934 - Campos dos Goytacazes - Performance at the "Clube Tenentes de Plutão", Campos dos Goytacazes, with the group "Gente do Morro"
April 18, 1934 - Vitória, Espírito Santo - Performance at the "Império Hotel" with the group "Gente do Morro"

June 23, 1934 - Lapa, Rio de Janeiro - During a party in the neighbourhood of Lapa, Noel Rosa meets 16-year-old Juraci "Ceci" Correia de Moraes, a cabaret dancer, and the love of his life

December 1(?), 1934 - Rio de Janeiro - Marries Lindaura Martins, a 17-year-old neighbour

January 1(?), 1935 - Belo Horizonte - Noel Rosa is diagnosed with tuberculosis. He travels to Belo Horizonte to stay with his aunt and uncle. He agrees to be intered in a sanatorium

January 27, 1935 - Belo Horizonte - Letter to Edgar Graça Melo, his doctor

May 1(?), 1935 - Belo Horizonte - Noel Rosa receives the news that his father committed suicide

September 1(?), 1935 - Rio de Janeiro - Feeling better, returns to Rio de Janeiro

February 1(?), 1936 - Nova Friburgo - Noel Rosa recognizes that there was only one way to get out of bohemian life: to leave Rio de Janeiro. He travels to Nova Friburgo with Lindaura

April 1(?), 1936 - Barra do Piraí - Travels to Barra do Piraí in looking for rest

November 11, 1936 - Rio de Janeiro - Noel Rosa records with Marília Batista

May 1, 1937 - Ribeirão das Lajes - Noel Rosa visits the Ribeirão das Lajes dam. Not feeling well, he returns to the inn with fevers. During the night, he suffers a crisis of hemoptysis (pulmonary hemorrhage)

May 2, 1937 - Rio de Janeiro - Without resources to treat him in Ribeirão das Lajes, Noel Rosa returns to Rio de Janeiro with Lindaura, gravely ill

May 4, 1937 - Rio de Janeiro - Noel de Medeiros Rosa dies of tuberculosis, aged 26, while his songs were being played at a party in the house in front of his =(END)