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Zequinha de Abreu

1880 - 1935

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zequinha de Abreu has received more than 98,927 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Zequinha de Abreu is the 622nd most popular musician (up from 690th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 219th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Brazilian Musician.

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  • 99k

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  • 54.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Zequinha de Abreu ranks 622 out of 3,175. Before him are Jelly Roll Morton, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Napoleon Orda, Paul Tortelier, and Hillel Slovak. After him are Steve Howe, Bob Sinclar, Evgeny Kissin, Clive Burr, Anton Karas, and Klaus Voormann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Zequinha de Abreu ranks 90. Before him are Lincoln Ellsworth, Carl Van Vechten, Leonard Woolf, Gabriel Voisin, Christabel Pankhurst, and Kōdō Sawaki. After him are Mihail Sadoveanu, Waldemar Bonsels, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Azim Azimzade, and Johannes Aavik. Among people deceased in 1935, Zequinha de Abreu ranks 65. Before him are Pavlos Kountouriotis, James Henry Breasted, Aleksandër Moisiu, Otto Schott, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and René Crevel. After him are Henry Fairfield Osborn, Erich von Hornbostel, John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Henri Pélissier, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, and Arthur Arz von Straußenburg.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Zequinha de Abreu ranks 227 out of 2,236. Before him are Jair da Rosa Pinto (1921), Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836), Tim (1915), Rubens de Falco (1931), Hulk (1986), and Jandira Martini (1945). After him are César Sampaio (1968), Hermes da Fonseca (1855), Giovane Élber (1972), Bauer (1925), Branco (1964), and Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Zequinha de Abreu ranks 13. Before him are Sérgio Mendes (1941), Milton Nascimento (1942), Toquinho (1946), Rita Lee (1947), Nelson Freire (1944), and Hermeto Pascoal (1936). After him are Max Cavalera (1969), Luiz Bonfá (1922), Marcos Valle (1943), Dorival Caymmi (1914), Airto Moreira (1941), and Ivan Lins (1945).

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