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

ISBN-13: 9780415960663 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 304 str.

Larry Crook

Opis

Written by a foremost expert in the field of Brazilian culture, this fascinating volume explores the music of Brazil's Northeast, gauging its historical and cultural importance within the nation's diverse culture.

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.