Branca de Gonta Colaço

Branca Eva de Gonta Syder Ribeiro Colaço (8 July 1880 – 22 March 1945), better known as Branca de Gonta Colaço, was a Portuguese writer, scholar and linguist. She was the daughter of Charlotte Ann Syder, a British poet, and the Portuguese politician and writer Tomás Ribeiro. She married Jorge Rey Colaço, a renowned ceramist and was the mother of the sculptor, Ana de Gonta Colaço.

Birth and Death Data: Born Lisbon (municipality and capital city of Portugal), Died March 22, 1945 (Lisbon (municipality and capital city of Portugal) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

Notes: Disc label shows name as Branca da Costa Colaço.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Victor	B-22980	10-in.	8/1/1919	Rosa branca	Bella Dyson Gomes	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Victor	BVE-43493	10-in.	5/1/1928	Cantigas	Maria Lavina Piccioli	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Colaço, Branca de Gonta," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104657.

Colaço, Branca de Gonta. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104657.

"Colaço, Branca de Gonta." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.

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