Amália Rodrigues was a fado singer. The voice, the house in Lisbon, and the national funeral are the Portuguese memorial people expect. She sang for decades and became the name of the song itself. She died in 1999.
Fotografie
Boris Carmi · CC BY 4.0
Fotografie
Boris Carmi · CC BY 4.0
Gând
A sample thought. A friend would say how the ordinary days were the ones that stayed.
Thomas
Gând
A sample thought. Someone who was taught, or helped, would leave a few lines here.
Nora
Poveste
The walk home
This is a sample story, so the page can show a longer memory. A daughter would write the walk home, the song in the kitchen, and the sentence that is still repeated.
Anna
Fotografie
Unknown author · Public domain
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Iris
Lumânare
A sample light for the name we still say.
Anna
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Amália Rodrigues. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Amália Rodrigues.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born
Amália Rodrigues was born in 1920.
Cronologie
The voice of fado
By mid-century her recordings and films had made her the public face of fado.
Cronologie
Died in Lisbon
She died in Lisbon. The funeral was a national one, and her house remains a place people visit.
Întâlnire
A Sunday visit
A sample gathering for Amália Rodrigues. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1920
1950
1999