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Heraldo do Monte

Brazilian musician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 25, 2025
Entity authorityQ5732713 ↗
Source-derived summary

Heraldo do Monte (born 1 May 1935 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil) is a Brazilian guitarist. He has played on albums by Gilberto Gil and Hermeto Pascoal.

In 1966, Quarteto Novo (with Airto Moreira, Hermeto Pascoal, Theo de Barros), released one album and launched the careers of its members.

Discography

Solo

1960: Heraldo e seu Conjunto

1961: Dançando com o Sucesso

1962: Dançando com o Sucesso 02

1970: O violão de Heraldo do Monte

1976: Batida Diferente

1980: Heraldo do Monte

1982: ConSertão (com Elomar, Arthur Moreira Lima e Paulo Moura)

1983: Cordas Vivas (part.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Heraldo do Monte” as brazilian musician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Heraldo, Monte and Brazilian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1935, 1966, 1960, 1961—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1935-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Heraldo, Monte and Brazilian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Heraldo do Monte”, the useful work is to connect “brazilian musician” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5732713. VIAF identifies the subject as 78667941. The Library of Congress control number is nr95015284. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1935, 1966, 1960 and 1961.

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This entry incorporates text from “Heraldo do Monte” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.