Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil [With CD (Audio)]

ISBN-13: 9780415960656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 304 str.

Larry Crook

Opis

This 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.

Spis treści

Part I: Understanding Music in Brazil. Brazil: A Country Divided 2. Brazilian Music in Focus: A History of Hybridity Part II: Creating Music in Brazil. Afro-Brazilian Musical Traditions: Candomblé, Afoxé, and Maracatu Part III: Focusing In: Intimate Portraits and the Reinvention of Brazilian Music 6. Two Case Studies from the Northeast: Banda de Pífanos and Cantoria de Viola

O autorze

Larry Crook is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for World Arts at the University of Florida. He is co-editor of Black Brazil: Culture, Identity, and Social Mobilization and has published his work in journals, books, and encyclopedias. An active performing musician, he performs with and directs Jacaré Brazil.