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Crook, Larry.

Focus : Music of northeast Brazil / Music of northeast Brazil Larry Crook. - 2nd ed. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - xix, 284 p. : ill., map, music ; 25 cm. - Focus on world music . - Focus on world music. .

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

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

Understanding music in Brazil. Brazil : a country divided ; Brazilian music in focus : a history of hybridity -- Creating music in Brazil. Afro-Brazilian musical traditions : candomble?, afoxe?, 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 pi?fanos and cantoria de viola ; Reinventing Africa and remixing hybridity : blocos afro and mangue beat.



ISBN: 9780415960663

LCCN: 2008025193

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Popular music--History and criticism.--Brazil
Popular music--History and criticism.--Brazil, Northeast

LC Class. No.: ML3487.B7 / C76 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 780.981/3