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The berimbau : soul of Brazilian music /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Galm, Eric A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]
Subjects:
Berimbau > History.
Music > Brazil > History and criticism.
Music > Brazil > African influences.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical connections and the emergence of a national symbol
  • Theme and variations : tracing a musical motif from bossa nova to the 1990s
  • Afrocentric themes of resistance
  • The "one note samba" starts to jam
  • Creation myths
  • Visual and literary images of the berimbau.