O Mundo é um Moinho é uma canção composta pelo cantor e compositor de samba Cartola[1] e gravada por ele em 1976, tendo sido gravada anos depois por Cazuza, Ney Matogrosso e Beth Carvalho. A música foi composta para Creuza Francisca dos Santos (1927 - 2002), filha de Rosa do Espírito Santo e Agenor Francisco dos Santos, e afilhada da primeira esposa de Cartola, Deolinda. Após o falecimento da mãe de Creuza, quando esta era ainda uma criança, Deolinda e Cartola passaram a criá-la como filha. Read more on Last.fm.

Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola (it is Portuguese for 'top hat'), (October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was born in Rio de Janeiro, in a neighborhood called Catete. He got his nickname because of the bowler hat he wore to keep the cement from ruining his hair while working at construction sites. He was one of the samba composers and founders of the Estação Primeira de Mangueira, and has credit for both the name of the school and its colors: green and pink. Cartola composed, alone and alongside others, more than 500 songs. Cartola did not exist. He was a dream we had. (Nelson Sargento) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.