Nogueira, rear right, with Gildo De Stefano, rear left, at the Guitar's International Festival
Paulinho Nogueira (8 October 1929 – 2 August 2003) was a Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer.
Biography
Nogueira was born in Campinas on 8 October 1929. He was an eclectic composer, his influences ranging from bossa nova to Bach. Paulinho Nogueira designed the craviola, a guitar with a sloping bout and offset body shape. He was the teacher of Toquinho.
The Craviola is an acoustic guitar designed by Paulinho Nogueira and built by manufacturer Giannini.
Craviolas have a distinct asymmetric body shape that deviates from the upper and lower bouts of classical guitars. Its timbre is said to resemble a combination of sounds from a harpsichord and a viola caipira, hence the portmanteau (Cravo is the Portuguese word for harpsichord).
Craviolas can be six-string or twelve-string (either nylon or steel) and are produced solely by Giannini.
Discography
A voz do violão (1959) Columbia
Brasil, violão e sambalanço (1960) RGE
Menino desce daí/Tema do boneco de palha (1961) RGE 78
Sambas de ontem e de hoje (1961) RGE
Outros sambas de ontem e de hoje (1962) RGE
Mais sambas de ontem e de hoje (1963) RGE
A nova bossa é violão (1964) RGE
O fino do violão (1965) RGE
Sambas e marchas da nova geração (1966) RGE
Paulinho Nogueira (1967) RGE
Um festival de violão (1968) RGE
Isto É Sambalanço (1969) SBA
Paulinho Nogueira canta suas composições (1970) RGE
Dez bilhões de neurônios (1972) Continental
Paulinho Nogueira, violão e samba (1973) Continental 10.108
Simplesmente (1974) Continental
Moda de craviola (1975) Continental
Antologia do violão (1976) Phonogram
Nas asas do moinho (1979) Alequim
O fino do violão volume 2 (1980) Bandeirantes/WEA
Tom Jobim – Retrospectiva (1981) Cristal/WEA
Água branca (1983) Eldorado
Tons e semitons (1986) Independente
Late night guitar – The Brazilian sound of Paulinho Nogueira (1992)
Coração violão (1995) Movieplay
Brasil musical – Série música viva – Paulinho Nogueira e Alemã (1996) Tom Brasil
