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Music in Brazil: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music)

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Brazil offers more music and musical styles than old choros and familiar bossa nova, samba, and some Afro-Brazilian ritual and martial forms. Regional folk music, indigenous native music, and a slew of modern adaptations of electronic, rock, fusion, and rap are as plentiful but not much exported. This book, which includes examples of music on a enclosed CD, is a survey for student ethnomusicologists and dedicated world music fans. It is designed as an introduction; references and resources are provided for further study. Therefore, we can read about capoeira; Amazonian ritual music of the Kayapó-Kikrin; the cavalo-marino and the Drama of the Magic Ox (staple folklore of the Northeast); maracatu;, baić, and forró (accordion music); southern rural music; musica capipira; and Recife's modern musical revolutions. Yes, some history of the choro, samba, and bossa nova are included in the beginning pages. Photographs and maps are helpful supplements to musical samples. For filling in some significant gaps, John P. Murphy's book is very worthwhile reading. It helps gives us a better understanding of Brazil's cultural history and musical expression.