Ismael Silva, born Mílton de Oliveira Ismael Silva on September 14, 1905, in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, was a pioneering samba composer and a central figure in the
development of samba in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1920s and 1930s. He helped
found the influential group Deixa Falar in 1928, which played a key role in
shaping modern samba rhythm. Among his most notable compositions are "Se Você
Jurar" and "Antonico", all of which became standards of the genre. Throughout
his career, he collaborated with leading artists such as Nilton Bastos and Noel
Rosa and contributed extensively to...