Focus : Music of northeast Brazil /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crook, Larry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Focus on world music.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding music in Brazil. Brazil : a country divided ; Brazilian music in focus : a history of hybridity
  • Creating music in Brazil. Afro-Brazilian musical traditions : candomblé, afoxé, and maracatu ; Making multiracial carnival music : the frevo ; Inventing northeastern popular music for the nation
  • Focusing in : intimate portraits and the reinvention of Brazilian music. Two case studies from the northeast : banda de pífanos and cantoria de viola ; Reinventing Africa and remixing hybridity : blocos afro and mangue beat.