Elomar Figueira Mello

Elomar
Background information
Born	(1937-12-21) December 21, 1937 (age 87) Vitória da Conquista
Genres	Folk music Sertanejo music Chivalric romance
Occupation(s)	poet, songwriter, singer, guitar player
Instrument(s)	Spanish guitar, matraca
Years active	1972 - present
Website	https://www.elomar.com.br/

Elomar Figueira Mello (born December 21, 1937) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist and poet. His compositions have been interpreted by the likes of Marlui Miranda, Elba Ramalho, Teca Calazans and Raimundo Fagner. His body of work, which blends classical, medieval and popular influences, has been praised by Caetano Veloso, Vinicius de Moraes and José Ramos Tinhorão. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

His style is characterized by the use of archaisms and neologisms, and by the presence of oral and dialectal elements typical of the northeastern popular cancioneiro. ^[5]

Discography

• Das Barrancas do Rio Gavião (1972)
• Na Quadrada das Águas Perdidas (1978)
• Parcelada Malunga (1980)
• Fantasia Leiga para um Rio Seco (1981)
• ConSertão (1982)
• Cartas Catingueiras (1983)
• Auto da Catingheira (1983)
• Cantoria (1984)
• Cantoria 2 (1984)
• Sertania (1985)
• Elomar dos Confins do Sertão (1986)
• Concerto Sertanez (1988)
• Elomar em Concerto (1989)
• Árias Sertânicas (1992)
• Cantoria 3 - Canto e Solo (1995)

Bibliography

• Sertanílias. Vitória da Conquista: 2008. ISBN 978-85-908262-0-0.
• A Era dos grandes equívocos. Vitória da Conquista: 2016. ISBN 978-85-908262-1-7.

References

1. "Análise: Disco rompe silêncio em torno do legado musical de Elomar". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
2. Oliveira, Helder Canal de (6 September 2013). "Elomar Figueira Mello e antropologias periféricas : identidade e crítica à modernidade". doi:10.14393/ufu.di.2013.337.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Elomar traz poética do sertão a SP". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
4. "Elomar: Biografia, Principais Músicas e Estilo". www.brasilparalelo.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
5. Arruda, Lucas Oliveira de Moura (30 June 2015). "O Cancioneiro de Elomar: uma identidade sonora do sertão e suas performances". repositorio.ufpb.br (in Breton). Retrieved 20 November 2025.

External links

• Elomar on Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural