Funchal had an intense cultural activity during the first half of the twentieth century, though not always with regularity. Among the various cultural activities of this period, the genre "Revista" occupied a privileged position at the end of the 30’s and during the 40’s. One of the major musical personalities of this genre in Madeira was Captain Edmundo da Conceição Lomelino, who composed an important part of the variety shows represented in Funchal. Captain Lomelino belonged to the Infantry and was part of the Portuguese Corps that participated in the 1st World War (1914-1918) in France. Returning to Madeira, he dedicated himself to teaching at the ‘Escola Industrial’ and musical composition having composed several pieces for piano (waltz and modern genres such as "one-step") and variety shows. The shows composed by Captain Lomelino achieved great success among the public of Funchal, having sold out seats several times at the Municipal Theatre. Among the most important are "Água Benta", "A Primavera", "Aadeira em festa" (1938) - also represented in the Azores) - "Carnaval" (1939), "Bolas de Sabão" (1944) - before the debut already had three shows sold out - and "Flores da Madeira" (1945). The storyline of these shows were sometimes linked to political events of that time. A good example is the show "Carnival" in which Captain Lomelino composed the music based on a text by Teotónio da Silva (1900-1976) - the playwright with whom the composer collaborated most frequently. In this piece Teotónio da Silva made a parody of the Munich conference of 1938, where England and France gave into Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy, signing the "Agreement of Munich." In this agreement, British and the French gave Germany the effective control of the rest of Czechoslovakia, the counterpart being Hitler's promise not to go any further ... In the Madeira parody on the conference, Mário B. de Abreu played the role of Mussolini and Vasco Vitorino Pereira played Hitler. It fit right in with the spirit of the New State, including a patriotic number called "Glória a Portugal".
Funchal had an intense cultural activity during the first half of the twentieth century, though not always with regularity. Among the various cultural activities of this period, the genre "Revista" occupied a privileged position at the end of the 30’s and during the 40’s. One of the major musical personalities of this genre in Madeira was Captain Edmundo da Conceição Lomelino, who composed an important part of the variety shows represented in Funchal. Captain Lomelino belonged to the Infantry and was part of the Portuguese Corps that participated in the 1st World War (1914-1918) in France. Returning to Madeira, he dedicated himself to teaching at the ‘Escola Industrial’ and musical composition having composed several pieces for piano (waltz and modern genres such as "one-step") and variety shows. The shows composed by Captain Lomelino achieved great success among the public of Funchal, having sold out seats several times at the Municipal Theatre. Among the most important are "Água Benta", "A Primavera", "Aadeira em festa" (1938) - also represented in the Azores) - "Carnaval" (1939), "Bolas de Sabão" (1944) - before the debut already had three 
shows sold out - and "Flores da Madeira" (1945). The storyline of these shows were sometimes linked to political events of that time. A good example is the show "Carnival" in which Captain Lomelino composed the music based on a text by Teotónio da Silva (1900-1976) - the playwright with whom the composer collaborated most frequently. In this piece Teotónio da Silva made a parody of the Munich conference of 1938, where England and France gave into Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy, signing the "Agreement of Munich." In this agreement, British and the French gave Germany the effective control of the rest of Czechoslovakia, the counterpart being Hitler's promise not to go any further ... In the Madeira parody on the conference, Mário B. de Abreu played the role of Mussolini and Vasco Vitorino Pereira played Hitler. It fit right in with the spirit of the New State, including a patriotic number called "Glória a Portugal".