Milton Silva Campos do Nascimento (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈmiwtõˈsiwvɐˈkɐ̃pusdunasiˈmẽtu]; born October 26, 1942),[2] also known as Bituca,[3] is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Milton Nascimento was born in the boarding house Dona Augusta in the neighborhood of Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro,[5][6] where his mother, Maria do Carmo do Nascimento, was a maid.[7] Maria raised her son on her own, until dying of tuberculosis when he was two, thereafter he was taken care of by his maternal grandmother. Nascimento was then adopted as a young child by the relatives of the grandmother's former employers; Josino Brito Campos, a bank employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer. He moved with his adoptive parents to the city of Três Pontas, in the state of Minas Gerais. When Nascimento was a child, he was nicknamed "Bituca" because he pouted when he was upset, which made him look like a native botocudo.[3]
Nascimento took an interest in music as a child thanks to his mother, who studied under Villa Lobos. At four years old, he was given an accordion and began to sing. At 13 years old, he became a crooner in the group Continental de Duilio Tiso Cougo.[8] Nascimento was also an occasional DJ on a radio station that his father once ran.[9] He lived in the neighboorhoods of Laranjeiras and Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1968, Nascimento was married to a student named Lurdeca in Tijuca. The couple lived in Copabacana, though the marriage only lasted a month, later being anulled. After this, he chose to dedicate his time to music instead of marrying or having kids, however, he would later adopt a son, Augusto Kesrouani do Nascimento, in 2016 after ten years of knowing him.
Clube da Esquina
In the early stages of his career, Nascimento played in two samba groups, Evolussamba and Sambacana. He would also play in the group W's Boys alongside Wagner Tiso in Três Pontas. In 1962, he recorded his first song "Barulho de Trem." A year later, in 1963, he moved to Belo Horizonte, where his friendship with Lô Borges led to the Clube da Esquina ("street corner club") movement.[10] Members included Beto Guedes, Toninho Horta, Wagner Tiso, and Flávio Venturini, with whom he shared compositions and melodies. One composition was "Canção do Sal", which was first covered by singer Elis Regina in 1966, and led to a television appearance with Nascimento.[9] The collective, as well as some others, released Clube da Esquina in 1972. Several hit singles were also released.[11]
Milton Nascimento in 1972
Nascimento's compositions include songs such as "Nada Será Como Antes" ("Nothing Will Be As It Was"), "Maria, Maria", "Canção da América" ("Song from America"/"Unencounter"), "Travessia" ("Bridges"), "Bailes da Vida", and "Coração de Estudante" ("Student's Heart"), a song about the funeral of Edson Luís, who was killed by police officers in 1968. The song became the hymn for the Diretas Já social-political campaign in 1984, was played at the funeral of President of BrazilTancredo Neves the next year, and was also played at Ayrton Senna's funeral.
^Sant'ana, Maraci (February 16, 2023). "Como Outra Qualquer Do Planeta". Blog Consultório Sentimental (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved August 6, 2024.
Dolores, Maria. (2006). Travessia: A Vida De Milton Nascimento (in Portuguese). RCB.
Mei, Giancarlo (2004). Canto Latino: Origine, Evoluzione e Protagonisti della Musica Popolare del Brasile. Preface by Sergio Bardotti; Afterword by Milton Nascimento. Viterbo, Italy: Stampa Alternativa-Nuovi Equilibri.
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