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Carlos Paredes (February 16, 1925–July 23, 2004) was a Portuguese guitar player, born in Coimbra, son to the equally famous Artur Paredes. He is credited with popularising the medium internationally during the 20th century. He was known as the "Man with a Thousand Fingers". Image File history File links Carlos_Paredes_Guitarra_Portuguesa_cover. ... Image File history File links Carlos_Paredes_Guitarra_Portuguesa_cover. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Portuguese guitar was developed based on the English guitar, which was created in England in the late 18th century out of a Renaissance instrument called cittern. ... District Coimbra Mayor   - Party Carlos Encarnação PSD Area 316. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

He began playing at the age of 4 and started his music career at the age of eleven. He performed with many other artists including Charlie Haden and also wrote compositions for Fado singer Amália Rodrigues. He wrote a number of film scores and received particular recognition for the 1971 film "Verdes Anos" ("Tender Years"). In 2000, the string quartet known as Kronos Quartet recorded two versions of "Verdes Anos" and "Romance Nº 1", from the first Carlos Paredes album, "Guitarra Portuguesa", recorded in 1969 -1970. Charles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is a jazz double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. ... Fado singer Débora Rodrigues performs in Lisbon Fado is a type of folk music which most likely originated in the 1820s in Portugal. ... Amália Rodrigues Amália Rodrigues (July 1920 – October 6, 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973. ...

During the 1950s and 1960s, being member of the Portuguese Communist Party, he was imprisoned for opposing the Portuguese dictatorship, some of this time spent in solitary confinement. He would walk around his cell pretending to play music which led some prison inmates to believe he was insane (in actual fact he was doing compositions in his head). // Events and No. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... PCPs official symbol, featuring the hammer and sickle and the Portuguese national colors, red and green. ... A prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interred and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. ... Dictatorship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Solitary confinement, colloquially referred to as The Hole, is a punishment in which a prisoner is denied contact with any other persons, excluding guards and doctors. ... INSANE is a proprietary INteractive Streaming ANimation Engine developped by LucasArts. ...

When he returned to his working environment in the Hospital, relates one of his colleagues, Rosa Semião, he was deeply grieved for he was denounced by a colleague of his. "He felt betrayed, but even so, when he crossed one of his traitors, he didn't fail to greet him, showing an enormous capacity to forgive." When the political captives were released, they were hailed like heroes. He has always refused this heroic status, attributed by the people of Portugal. He never said much about his time in prison, except that "Many people have suffered worse than me."

He suffered from myelopathy, a nerve disorder that prevented him from playing for the last eleven years of his life. He died in a nursing home from kidney failure. Spinal cord injury, or myelopathy, is a disturbance of the spinal cord that results in loss of sensation and mobility. ... Renal failure is when the kidneys fail to function properly. ...