Digital Sound Archive
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Fado Route
Meet fado in Lisbon.
Fado is meant to be felt,
not understood,
or explained.
not understood,
or explained.
- Amália Rodrigues
An interactive museum to see, hear and feel Fado - Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Discover centuries of history and personalities that still reinvent and keep this heritage alive today. Visit us.
Get to know who sings, who plays and the history that unites all of us.
Personality of the Week
Maria José da Guia16 October, 1929 - 2 September, 1992
Maria José da Guia made many fados famous, singing verses by the most renowned poets, with music by equally important fado composers. Her most popular interpretations included: “Coimbra”; “Lisboa Antiga”, by José Galhardo and Raúl Ferrão; “Casa Portuguesa”, poem by M. Sequeira and music by A. Fonseca...
