Viola Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.495361 By Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto. By Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, and Vinicius De Moraes. Arranged by Leo Silva. Jazz,Latin. Individual part. 2 pages. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.495361). The Girl From Ipanema (Girl from Ipanema) is a Brazilian song from Bossa Nova. It was composed by AntĆ“nio Carlos Jobim and written by Vinicius de Moraes in 1962. A 1964 version, recorded by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz in the United States, became an international success. This is present on the Getz/Gilberto album, which also included songs by JoĆ£o Gilberto. In the United States, the single reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining for two weeks, and in the United Kingdom it reached number 29. Ipanema is a beachfront neighborhood located in the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. The song was inspired by HeloĆsa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (now known as Helo Pinheiro), a seventeen-year-old girl who lived on Montenegro Street in Ipanema. Every day, she passed the bar-cafĆ© Veloso on her way to the beach.
