- Series: Focus on World Music Series
- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 2nd edition (March 26, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0415960657
- ISBN-13: 978-0415960656
Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil examines the
historical and contemporary manifestations of the music of Brazil, a
country with a musical landscape that is layered with complexity and
diversity. Based on the author’s field research during the past twenty
years, the book describes and analyzes the social/historical contexts
and contemporary musical practices of Afro-Brazilian religion, selected
Carnival traditions, Bahia’s black cultural renaissance, the traditions
of rural migrants, and currents in new popular music.
Part One, Understanding Music in Brazil, presents important issues and topics that encompass all of Brazil, and provides a general survey of Brazil’s diverse musical landscape. Part Two, Creating Music in Brazil, presents historical trajectories and contemporary examples of Afro-Brazilian traditions, Carnival music, and northeastern popular music. Part Three, Focusing In, presents two case studies that explore the ground-level activities of contemporary musicians in Northeast Brazil and the ways in which they move between local, national, and international realms. The accompanying CD offers vivid musical examples that are discussed in the text
Part One, Understanding Music in Brazil, presents important issues and topics that encompass all of Brazil, and provides a general survey of Brazil’s diverse musical landscape. Part Two, Creating Music in Brazil, presents historical trajectories and contemporary examples of Afro-Brazilian traditions, Carnival music, and northeastern popular music. Part Three, Focusing In, presents two case studies that explore the ground-level activities of contemporary musicians in Northeast Brazil and the ways in which they move between local, national, and international realms. The accompanying CD offers vivid musical examples that are discussed in the text
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