Joaquim Antonio (Callado) Da Silva

Joaquim Antonio (Callado) Da Silva

Joaquim Antonio (Callado) da Silva Junior (Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 1848 - Rio de Janeiro, March 20, 1880) was a Brazilian composer and flutist.

Da Silva is considered one of the creators of the choro genre of music. His band, O Choro do Callado, used an ebony flute, two viols and a cavaquinho, and was noted for facility at improvisation. Da Silva wrote and co-authored many choroes, as a new way of interpreting modinhas, lundus, waltzes and polkas. His work was an inspiration to his friend and pupil, Viriato Figueira, and his friend and band member, the female composer Chiquinha Gonzaga.