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Eduardo Jose Alves Souto (Sao Vicente, April 14, 1882 – Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 1942), better known simply as Eduardo Souto, he was a Brazilian pianist, composer and conductor. He dedicated himself to different genres, such as waltz, tango and samba, with emphasis on the popularization of marches carnivalesque. He was the founder of Casa Carlos Gomes, an important meeting point for musicians in Rio de Janeiro in the first half of the 20th century. He composed the fado-choro “O awakening from the mountain“ in 1919, a work that made him known in salons and soirees period, entering the traditional Brazilian piano repertoire. Participation began at the city's carnivals in the same year, with the caterete Seu Derfim tem que vorta, with lyrics by Norberto Bittencourt (better known by the pseudonym K. K. Reco in his carnival chronicles), in an allusion then Vice President of the Republic, Delfim Moreira. This is what he said about his Tango: “I have the courage to say that this post was created
