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Music in Brazil

Music in Brazil

John P. Murphy · 2006 · 173 pages

History and criticismFolk musicPopular musicMusique populaireMusique folkloriqueHistoire et critique

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As the largest nation in Latin America, Brazil is home to some of the most celebrated music in the world. This case study in the Global Music Series edited by Bonnie C. Wade and Patricia Shehan Campbell is one of the first books to explore the contemporary diversity of Brazilian music. Each chapter combines narratives of musical events with musical analysis, personal histories of musicians, and explorations of the connections between music and other domains of Brazilian culture andsociety.

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