Capiba

Composer of hundreds of valses, maracatus, canções, sambas-canção, serenatas, modinhas, choros, baiões, polkas, marching musics, masses, operettas, musics for cinema and theater, and especially frevos, Capiba is a legend of the northeast and certainly the most important composer of this region. At eight, Capiba was already playing the horn and reading music. Son of the conductor Severino Atanásio de Sousa Barbosa, Capiba, like his 12 siblings, played in his father's band. The training was severe and extenuating. Always moving from town to town, always playing, the family settl...