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| Born | 11 May 1933 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 16 December 2023 (aged 90) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genres | Bossa nova |
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| Years active | 1954–2023 |
Carlos Eduardo Lyra Barbosa (11 May 1933 – 16 December 2023) was a Brazilian singer, and composer of numerous bossa nova and Música popular brasileira classics. He has also worked as a writer, with notable contributions to musical films such as Para Viver um Grande Amor and Intimidade. He and Antônio Carlos Jobim were the first two music composers, together with lyricists Vinicius de Moraes and Ronaldo Boscoli, to be recorded by João Gilberto on his first LP entitled Chega de Saudade (1959), which was called the first generation of Bossa Nova.[1]
- ^ Clay Risen: Carlos Lyra, Composer Who Brought Finesse to Bossa Nova, Dies at 90. NYT, 23 December 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.