The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil
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ISBN: 0823076733 / Publisher: Bpi Communications, September 1991
Explores the rich musical culture of Brazil and discusses regional sounds and the performers who popularized them
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"Perhaps the best survey in English of Brazilian popular music. Covers from 19th-century genres such as modinhas up to 1980s Brazilian rock. Includes invaluable descriptions of styles, musical instruments, and short biographical data on composers and singers. Reviewed in Notes, Vol. 50, No. 1, 1993, p. 200-201. Useful introduction to Brazilian music"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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