Henrique Alves Mesquita_Batuque, arr. Zuza Rodrigues

Andrey Shilov plays BATUQUE by Henrique Alves Mesquita arranged for Guitar by Zuza Rodrigues. Henrique Alves de Mesquita (Rio de Janeiro, March 15, 1830 - Rio de Janeiro, July 12, 1906) was a Brazilian musician, composer, conductor, organist and trumpeter. He is historically recognized as the creator of the phrase “Brazilian tango,“ using the Tango name for a type of light theater music, known among the French and Spanish as habanera or Havanera. He is the patron of the chair number 16 of the Brazilian Acad