Vem cá, branquinha

Composer: NAZARETH, Ernesto
  • This tango was published in Rio de Janiero around 1914.1
  • This work is inscribed “Dedicado a seu amigo José de Magalhães Pacheco Jr.”2
  • The title is a reference to a 1906 tango by Arquimedes de Oliveira which bears the (offensive) title “Vem cá mulato.”3 Nazareth quotes Olivera’s melody in this piece and labels it in the score.4

Sources

  1. “Vem cá, branquinha (Nazareth, Ernesto),” IMSLP, accessed February 17, 2022, https://imslp.org/wiki/Vem_c%C3%A1%2C_branquinha_(Nazareth%2C_Ernesto).
  2. Ernesto Nazareth, Vem cá, branquinha (Rio de Janiero: Casa Mozart, c. 1914).
  3. “Vem cá, branquinha,” Ernesto Nazareth 150 Anos (accesssed February 17, 2022), https://ernestonazareth150anos.com.br/works/view/189. 
  4. Ernesto Nazareth, Vem cá, branquinha (Rio de Janiero: Casa Mozart, c. 1914), 4. 

Cut IDs

11031