Zequinha de Abreu

José Gomes de Abreu, better known as Zequinha de Abreu (September 19, 1880 January 22, 1935) was a Brazilian musician and composer.

Zequinha de Abreu

Abreu was born in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, São Paulo state. He is best known for the famous choro tune "Tico-Tico no Fubá" (1917), whose original title was "Tico-Tico no Farelo". Other well-known tunes he wrote were "Branca" and "Tardes em Lindóia."

Because of the lack of written tradition, Tico-Tico is played in various melodic versions all over the world. Abreu died in São Paulo, aged 54.

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