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{{Short description|Brazilian composer (1946–2020)}}
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| birth_name      = Aldir Blanc Mendes
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| birth_date      = {{birth-date|September 2, 1946}}
| birth_place     = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
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| death_date      = {{death date and age|2020|5|4|1946|9|2}}
| death_place     = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| genre           = [[Música popular brasileira|MPB]]
| occupation      = songwriter, singer
| instrument      = Singer, drummer
| years_active    = 1963–2020
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'''Aldir Blanc Mendes''' (2 September 1946 – 4 May 2020) was a Brazilian author of ''[[crônica]]s'' (journalistic vignettes, chronicles) and lyricist. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriter [[João Bosco]], guitarist [[Guinga]], and others.

==Career==
He trained as a [[psychiatrist]] at the [[Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro]], graduating in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kurczy |first=Stephen |date=2020-08-31 |title=Aldir Blanc, Lyricist Who Pushed Samba's Boundaries, Dies at 73 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/obituaries/aldir-blanc-mendes-dead.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Eventually he quit medical practice and devoted all his time to music.<ref>[https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/noticia/2016/09/fernando-ramos-fala-sobre-os-70-anos-de-aldir-blanc-7381415.html Fernando Ramos fala sobre os 70 anos de Aldir Blanc] {{in lang|pt}}</ref> [[Elis Regina]] recorded several of his songs, most notably "O bêbado e a equilibrista". Another song of his is "Resposta ao tempo" (with lyrics by [[Cristovão Bastos]]), a ballad that became one of [[Nana Caymmi]]'s most famous songs, and which was recorded by many other musicians thereafter, amongst them [[Milton Nascimento]] and Aldir Blanc himself.

Blanc's work 1972–1987 was analyzed by Charles A. Perrone in ''Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965–1985'' (U Texas P, 1989).

==Death==
Blanc died at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro of complications from [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil]] on 4 May 2020, at the age of 73.<ref>[https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2020/05/04/aldir-blanc-compositor-e-escritor-morre-no-rio.ghtml Aldir Blanc, compositor e escritor, morre de Covid-19 no Rio] {{in lang|pt}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/obituaries/aldir-blanc-mendes-dead.html Aldir Blanc, Lyricist Who Pushed Samba's Boundaries, Dies at 73]</ref>

==Discography==
*1977: ''Disco De Ouro'' (with [[João Bosco]])
*1984: ''Aldir Blanc & Maurício Tapajós''
*1996: ''50 Anos''
*2005: ''Vida Noturna''
*2021: "Aldir Blanc Inédito"

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dicionariompb.com.br/aldir-blanc Dicionário Cravo Albin – Aldir Blanc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506183537/http://dicionariompb.com.br/aldir-blanc |date=May 6, 2020 }}
* {{Discogs artist|Aldir Blanc}}

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[[Category:Brazilian male composers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)]]
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro (state)]]
[[Category:Latin music songwriters]]


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