Quarteto em Cy

Quarteto em Cy

Background information
Origin	Ibirataia, Bahia, Brazil
Genres	Bossa nova, tropicalia, pop, MPB
Years active	1959–present
Labels	Elenco

Members	Sonya

Past members	Cylene Cyra Dorinha † Cybele † Cynara † Cyva †

Website	quartetoemcy.com.br

Quarteto em Cy (a play on words of the Portuguese for Quartet in B by poet and lyricist Vinicius de Moraes) is a Brazilian girl group originally composed of four sisters hailing from Ibirataia, a town located in the Brazilian state of Bahia: Cybele, Cylene, Cynara and Cyva – their real first names.^[1]

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History

They started performing in 1959, appearing on local television in that year. Cyva, the leader of the group, then moved to Rio de Janeiro, and persuaded her three sisters to join her there. They then started to make regular appearances in the boates (small nightclubs) of Rio, particularly Bottle's bar and the legendary Zum-Zum, where they caught the attention of Vinicius de Moraes and other prominent figures of the bossa nova scene. Their first album was released in 1964, and was to be followed by regular releases up to the late '90s, at the frequency of one a year, and sometimes more. Connoisseurs of MPB and tropicalia have a particular regard for the first few years of their recording career, when they were signed to Brazil's most daring label, Elenco.

The Quarteto em Cy, noted for the extraordinary precision of the vocalists' intonation and delivery, performed and recorded with almost every single major Brazilian artist of the '60s and '70s; their popularity exceeded and still exceeds the borders of their native country. They met with great success in America in the mid-sixties, and have a considerable following in Japan, where they still tour regularly.

The line-up of the quartet (which briefly split up, from 1970 to 1972) has changed a great deal over the years. However, the formation with Cyva and Sonya was kept active for many years since 1980, by far the most stable period in the group's history.^[2]

On 21 August 2014, Cybele died of a lung ischemia at her home in Rio de Janeiro. She was 74. Cynara died on 11 April 2023, at the age of 78.^[3] Cyva died on 22 October 2023, in Rio de Janeiro, at the age of 85.^[4]

Discography

1964: Quarteto em Cy
1965: Vinícius/Caymmi no Zum Zum – with Quarteto em Cy and Oscar Castro Neves
1965: Caymmi and The Girls From Bahia – Quarteto em Cy and Dorival Caymmi
1966: Som Definitivo – Quarteto em Cy and Tamba Trio
1966: Os Afro-Sambas – Quarteto em Cy, Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell
1966: The Girls From Bahia/Pardon My English
1966: Quarteto em Cy
1967: De Marré de Cy
1967: ¡Revolución con Brasilia!/The Girls From Bahia
1968: Em Cy Maior
1972: Quarteto em Cy
1974: Saravá, Vinicius! Vinicius de Moraes en São Paulo Con Toquinho y Quarteto em Cy
1975: Antologia do Samba Canção
1976: Antologia do Samba Canção/volume 2
1977: Resistindo Ao Vivo
1978: Querelas do Brasil
1978: Cobra de Vidro – Quarteto em Cy e MPB4
1979: Quarteto em Cy Em 1000 Kilohertz
1980: Flicts – Quarteto em Cy, MPB4 and Sérgio Ricardo
1980: Quarteto em Cy interpreta Gonzaguinha, Caetano, Ivan, Milton
1981: Caymmis, Lobos e Jobins/Caminhos Cruzados
1983: Pontos de Luz
1989: Claudio Santoro Prelúdios e Canções de Amor
1990: Os Afro-Sambas – Quarteto em Cy, Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell
1991: Chico em Cy
1992: Bossa em Cy
1993: Vinícius em Cy
1994: Tempo e Artista
1996: Brasil em Cy
1997: Bate-Boca – Quarteto em Cy e MPB4
1998: Somos Todos Iguais – Quarteto em Cy and MPB4, with Ivan Lins and Djavan
1999: Gil e Caetano em Cy
2000: Vinícius A Arte do Encontro – Quarteto em Cy and MPB4
2001: Falando de Amor pra Vinícius Ao Vivo – Quarteto em Cy and Luiz Cláudio Ramos
2001: Hora da Criança
2002: Quarteto em Cy
2004: Quarteto em Cy Quarenta Anos
2006: Samba em Cy