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Brazilian Music
Research Paper # 93366
Brazilian Music
A discussion of the forms of music popular in Brazil today.
2,217 words (approx. 8.9 pages) |
10 sources |
MLA | 2007
Paper Summary:
The paper illustrates how music is the heart of Brazil and is the foundation for many of Brazil's festivities and a focal point for religious ceremonies. The paper shows how, as the universal language, music reaches across all cultural and socio-economic boundaries and no where is this more true than in Brazil. The paper discusses Samba, the most internationally famous form of Brazilian music and the Bossa Nova genre that has become very popular within the international community. The paper contends that throughout the decades, Brazilian music has managed to attain and retain its original ethnic expression and continues to represent the heart of Brazil.From the Paper:
"The 1578 "Journey to the Land of Brazil" by Jean De Lery, a French Calvinist pastor, is the source for the earliest known descriptions of Brazilian music, in which he describes the dances and transcribed the music of the Tupi people (Music). In 1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa's "Tratado Descritivo do Brasil" depicts the music of several native Brazilian ethnic groups, including the Tamoios and Tupinambas (Music). Portugal's King Joao VI, who was a lover of music, spent a good deal of time in Brazil, and even sent for prominent European musicians to join him (Music). Among these musicians were Austrian pianist Sigismund von Neukomm and composer Marcos Portugal, while local Brazilian musician, Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, an organist and clavichordist, was appointed Inspector to the Royal Chapel (Music)."Sample of Sources Used:
- 40 Years Off Key: That Bossa Nova, It's Quite Natural." Brazzil. December 31 1998. Retrieved March 14 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site.This article gives a comprehensive review of the history of the bossa nova and includes insights into the original stories that surround the origins of particular places, songs and musicians.
- Brazilian Music History. Retrieved March 14 2006 from:http://www.stanford.edu/group/brazil/html/bmhcolonial.html
- Dixon, Judith. "Brazilian Culture Through Music." Retrieved March 14 2006 from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute:http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.03.x.html
- "A History of Samba." Retrieved March 14 2006 from:http://www.brazilianmusic.com/samba.html
- Lucas, Maria Elizabeth. "Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization." Notes. December 01 2002. Retrieved March 14 2006 from HighBeam Research Library Web site. This article provides an in-depth review of Brazilian popular music and its influence throughout the world.
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Brazilian Music (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Brazilian-Music/93366
MLA Citation:
"Brazilian Music" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Research-Paper-Brazilian-Music/93366>
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