Joaquim Antonio (Callado) da Silva

A portrait of Joaquim Callado by Angelo Agostini, published on the cover of the Revista Illustrada, No. 202, April 3, 1880 Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado Júnior (or Callado; Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 1848 – Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 1880) was a Brazilian composer and flautist.

Callado is considered one of the creators of the choro genre of music. His band, O Choro do Callado, used an ebony flute, two guitars and a cavaquinho, and was noted for facility at improvisation. Callado wrote and co-authored many choros, as a new way of interpreting modinhas, lundus, waltzes and polkas. His work was an inspiration to his friend and pupil, Viriato Figueira, and his friend and band member, the female composer Chiquinha Gonzaga.

Works

Adelaide Ai, Que Gozos Aurora Characteristic Whim Capricious Carnival of 1867 Celeste Choro The Five Goddesses As It Is Good Conceicao Comforter Cruzes, Minha Prima! The Affected One The Desired One Ermelinda Ernestina The Meyer Family Fancy for Flute Loving Flower The Flowers of the Heart Florinda Hermeneutics Honorata Iman Improvisation Isabel Laudelina Souvenir of the Wharf of Glory Language of the Heart Fanado Iris Characteristic Lundu Manuela Manuelita Maria Carlota Mariquinhas Mimosa I Do Not Say What is Good, is Good! Pagodeira Dangerous Bigger Polka in D Polucena Puladora Wanted For All Kerosene The Return of Chico Triguera Rosinha Salome Saturnine Homesickness for the Wharf of Glory Homesickness for Inauma Saudosa The Seducer Sousinha Sigh Sighs of a Maiden Last Sigh Commercial Union Waltz August Twenty-first June Twenty-first