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The following statements have been extracted from interviews with Radamés Gnattali between 1976 and 1985:

• Statement recorded at Museu da Imagem e do Som (Image and Sound Museum), August 28th, 1985, with Radamés Gnattali, Luciano Perrone (percussionist), Tom Jobim (composer and pianist), Hermínio Bello de Carvalho (poet, writer and producer), Jairo Severiano (researcher, writer and producer), Manuel da Conceição (acoustic guitar player), Aluisio Didier and Sérgio Sarraceni (musicians) and Elizabeth Versiani Formaginni, historiographer representing the museum.
• Interview to the journalist Luiz Carlos Saroldi for Especial JB Radio Broadcast, at October 11th, 1977, Jornal do Brasil FM Radio, with Ney Hamilton and J. C. Botezeli (Pelão).
• Interview to the journalist Mara Caballero for Jornal do Brasil Newspaper, December 1st, 1976.
• Interview to O Pasquim Newspaper, 6-12 May, 1997 Edition.
• Interview to the poet, composer and writer Hermínio Bello de Carvalho, for the show CONTRA/LUZ at TVE (Educative Television) of Rio de Janeiro, recorded in 1985.