Minister of Culture mourns the death of Fausto, whose work “will forever be linked to the opposition movement to the Portuguese dictatorial regime”
The Minister of Culture expressed this Tuesday in a statement her “deep regret†for the death of musician Fausto Bordalo Dias, “whose work will forever be linked to the movement opposing the Portuguese dictatorial regime and resistance against fascism†.
He emphasizes that Fausto is “widely considered as one of the most creative and expressive creators and interpreters of Portuguese popular music†and highlights from his work the albums “Pró que Der e Vier” (1974) and “Beco sem SaÃda” ( 1975), “marked by the revolutionary experience†.
These, can be read in the official note, “were followed by “Madrugada dos Trapeiros” (1977) and “Histórias de Viajeiros” (1979), which already paved the way for “Por Este Rio Acima” (1982)”.
He also explains that the author’s emblematic work was inspired by “Peregrinação”, by Fernão Mendes Pinto and even says that “the album is recognized as one of the most important in all of Portuguese popular music , being the first of a trilogy continued in 1994 with “Chronicles of the Burning Earth”, and, in 2011, “In Search of the Blue Mountains”, his last record”.
The statement ends by highlighting that “having influenced generations of new artists, [Fausto] He was a pioneering and renewing musician, whose artistic legacy is recognized by the way he sang a fundamental part of Portuguese History. And it concludes with a direct quote from Dalila Rodrigues: “Fausto left us one of the most beautiful memories of April, a sublime song – “Up this river/ The boats are painted/ In many paintings—.
