Domingos Caldas Barbosa

Domingos Caldas Barbosa (c.1739 — November 9, 1800) was a Colonial Brazilian Neoclassic poet and musician, famous for creating the modinha. He wrote under the pen name Lereno.

Barbosa is the patron of the third chair of the Academia Brasileira de Música (Brazilian Academy of Music).

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