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Tuna Macaense
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Tuna Macaense is a musical group formed in Macau in 1935, which still exists today with some changes in its line-up. The group has eight members, seven Macanese naturals and a Portuguese citizen. The repertoire of the group consists of a Portuguese and Chinese mixture, blending Cantonese and Chinese ballads, carnival songs, Portuguese fados, Anglo-saxon pop music and the like. Most of the songs are sung in Patuá, the local Portuguese Creole language, and the main composer for the group was the late poet, composer and theatre director José dos Santos Ferreira, nicknamed "Adé". Members *António Lopes - mandolin, guitar, vocal and percussion *Rui Coelho - mandolin, bass, solo guitar and singing *Filomena Jorge - bass, rhythm guitar, solo guitar and singing *Carlos Pereira - drums and percussion *Judas Manhão Jorge - solo guitar *Pedro Santos - bass and percussion *Isabel Carvalhal - singing and percussion *A Yiu - keyboard The line-up in the 1960s-70s was: *José Silvestre *António Amante *Rui Coelho *Carlos Manhão *Mário Lameiras *Mário Trabuco *António Lopes *Alfredo Neves *António Canhota Discography *Macau (cassette tape) - 1974 *Titi bita di lilau - Fundação Oriente, 1987 *Macau sã assi - Tradisom, 1994 *Macau : Fála-vai fála-vem - Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses/Tradisom, 1998 *Jardim Abençoado - Fundação Macau, 2005 *Macau Património Mundial - 2008 See Also
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