Focus [electronic resource] : Music of northeast Brazil / Larry Crook.

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Crook, Larry

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Series: Focus on world musicPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 284 p. : ill., map, musicISBN:

9780203886526

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Music of northeast Brazil

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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.

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Previous ed.: Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, c2005, under title: Brazilian music.

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

Also available in print edition. CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com)

Mode of access: World Wide Web.