 | Sean Stroud - 2008 - 215 pages
Sean Stroud examines how and why Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) has come to have such a high status, and why the musical tradition (including MPB) within Brazil has been ... | |
 | Fernando Moura, Antônio Vicente - 2001 - 412 pages
O livro ''Jackson do Pandeiro - o rei do ritmo'' conta a trajetória de um menino pobre e analfabeto, que emerge da miséria quase absoluta no começo da vida para um posto no ... | |
 | Jack Alden Draper - 2010 - 216 pages
For the many poor and working-class Northeastern Brazilians who have been displaced from their home region for economic reasons, the music of forró is a redemptive attempt at ... | |
 | Ruy Castro - 2012 - 400 pages
Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as “The Girl from Ipanema” (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), “The Waters of ... | |
 | Saadi A. Simawe - 2000 - 294 pages
In twentieth-century African American fiction, music has been elevated to the level of religion primarily because of its power as a medium of freedom. This collection explores ... | |
 | Charles a. Perrone - 1996 - 234 pages
"Study of Brazilian poetry from 1950-90 examines its 'seven faces' (a pun on Drummond's poem of the same name), phases, and trends. Introductory chapter reviews movement's ... | |
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