He wrote a number of film scores and received particular recognition for the 1961 film verdes anos tender years. Carlos paredes is sadly not well known in the us the portuguese guitarra itself is little known in north america, which is americas loss. If you want to know about the portuguese guitar, the liner notes being unhelpful, you have to do a little research. Carlos paredes cancao verdes anos official audio youtube. Carlos paredes verdes anos sitar and acoustic guitar. The guitarra is almost certainly a direct descendant of the english cittern, a pearshaped instrument in the same family as the betterknown lute unlike those instruments, however, the portuguese. He was a composer, known for fado corrido 1964, os verdes anos 1963 and the party 2017. Com luisa amaro na viola em 1992 no teatro sao luiz em lisboa. Many years ago we lived in the same neighborhood in lisbon benfica a couple of times i met master carlos paredes on the street.
The original by the late paredes is for the 12string portuguese guitar, so this version might differ from the original paredes version. Carlos paredes guitarra portuguesa 2007, cd discogs. No dia da chegada, um incidente levao a conhecer ilda, jovem da mesma idade, empregada. O jovem provinciano sentese num ambiente estranho e hostil. Carlos paredes began playing portuguese guitar at the age of four and started his music career at the age of eleven.