The singer was hospitalized for a month in Rio de Janeiro due to an infection, but did not survive
Singer Cyva Ribeiro de Sá LeiteFrom Quartet in Cy, died last Sunday night, aged 22, at the age of 85. Member and founder of the group, he participated in all the quartet’s formations.
Cyva had been hospitalized in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro for a month, but had not resisted septicemia The globe.
“Great leader, a generous sister and aunt towards everyone, a sensitive friend”, writes the group’s official profile.
Quarteto em Cy was formed in 1964 by Cyva, Cynara, Cybele and Cylene. With the deaths of her sisters, Cylene is the only remaining member of the original lineup.
The group is considered the largest vocal quartet in the country, as well as being the oldest. Formed in Bahia, the quartet released its first album in Rio de Janeiro, in 1964, encouraged by names like Vinicio de Moraes AND Dorival Caymmi.
Soon after, the group traveled to the United States where they performed on television programs. In 1968, Cinara and Cybele they were with Tom Jobim AND Chico Buarque on the stage of the Maracanãzinho, in Rio, when the song Sabiá, by both of them, received a tremendous boo from the audience III International Song Festival. The public preferred it Not to say I didn’t talk about the flowerscommitted composition of Geraldo Vandréhad taken the controversy.
Still in the sixties, and throughout the following decade, the Quartet In Cy they followed a different training. Some of the quartet’s best albums also date back to this period, such as the one released in 1972, which bears only the group’s name and contains, among others, songs such as Oba’s songwith the participation of CaymmiAND When Carnival arrivescomposition of Chico Buarque.
In 1975, the album Choro anthology records re-recordings of singing classics bossa, fossa and samba.
The album 1000 Kilohertz contained one of the biggest hits of the group’s career, the song Feminina, by Joyce, which was part of the soundtrack of the series Television womanfrom television Globe.
From the 1980s onwards the Quartet dedicated itself to re-recordings, in particular of the repertoire of Tom, Chico and Vinicius. He has also released albums dedicated to Gilberto Gil AND Caetano Veloso. The group has also collaborated with another vocal quartet, the MPB4with whom he performed in shows across the country.
In recent years, the Quartet In Cy had reduced his artistic activity. The latest album, Open the windowsis from 2016 and contains recordings of songs such as Brazilian quarrels, future lovers AND Business is love.
Civa He was part of the group from 1964 until the group’s last activity, in all its formations. The artist also holds a degree in Literature from the FFCH (Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the Federal University of Bahia).
Source: Terra
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