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Old 1st September 2004, 17:31   #1
Catarina
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errors with Winamp Amália Rodrigues's Biography

Hello everybody!

My name is Catarina and I am portuguese.
I found some errors in the Amália Rodrigues's Biography provided by Winamp (at http://info.winamp.com/winamp/artist...0&template=yes).

Some of the mistakes are corrected below:
- She was one of nine children, not ten;
- As a teen Rodrigues performed as fado singer, singing "Fado de Alcântara" in 1935 (she was born in 1920) and at a voluntary service party. She was never known as a tango dancer (??!!) like stated in the Amália Rodrigues's Biography provided by Winamp;
- In the same text is stated the following "brilliantly fusing the urban and rural styles of Lisbon and Coimbra". The fado style from Lisbon is a popular one and that is different from being urban. Coimbra is also a city since a long time (more than 3 centuries) and Coimbra fado's style is not rural. It is an academic one, because it was mostly sang (and still is) by the university students since a long time (count centuries).

The true Amália Rodrigues's Biography can be found at the Camões foundation (supported by the Portuguese republic) at http://www.instituto-camoes.pt/bases.../biografia.htm

PS: even if you can not directly understand Portuguese you can always found a translation elsewhere.

Tchau
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