The ceremony, open to the public, will begin at 9 am and end at 15 pm. The singer's funeral will be closed to close friends and family only.
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Consecrated as one of the greatest voices in Brazil, Gal died at the age of 77. The cause was not disclosed, but the death occurred days after Gal underwent surgery to remove a nodule in the right nasal cavity.
History
Gal Costa was born in Salvador in 1945, named Maria das Graças Penna Burgos, according to the Cravo Albin Dictionary of Brazilian Popular Music, which details her award-winning career in national music. A fan of bossa nova since he was a teenager, Gal performed his first show in 1964, at the inauguration of Teatro Vila Velha, in the capital of Bahia, alongside names that would keep him company throughout his career, such as Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia, Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé.
His first LP, Domingo, was recorded in 1967, alongside Caetano Veloso and produced by Dori Caymmi. When her first individual album was released in 1969, Gal had already recorded iconic hits from her career, such as Divino Maravilhoso, presented at the IV Brazilian Popular Music Festival, and Baby, which was part of the LP Tropicália.
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With a career of unforgettable performances, the singer also marked an era when, in 1975, she recorded Modinha para Gabriela, to be the theme of the soap opera Gabriela, on TV Globo. The following year, Gal teamed up with Maria Bethânia, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso to form Os Doces Bárbaros, a group that brought together crowds at their shows.
Throughout his more than 50-year career, Gal Costa has marked with his voice compositions by great names in Brazilian music, such as Aquarela do Brasil, by Ary Barroso, Festa do Interior, by Abel Silva and Moraes Moreira, Sonho meu, by Dona Ivone Lara and Délcio Carvalho, Pérola Negra, by Luís Melodia, and Chuva de Prata, by Ed Wilson and Ronaldo Basto.
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