Choro : a social history of a Brazilian popular music / Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour and Thomas George Caracas Garcia.

Author/creator Livingston, Tamara Elena, 1963-
Other author Garcia, Thomas George Caracas.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects

SeriesProfiles in popular music
Profiles in popular music. ^A585492
Contents Race, class, and nineteenth-century popular music: the modinha, the lundu, and the maxixe -- The roda de choro: heart and soul of choro -- From the plantation to the city: the rise and development of early choro in Rio de Janeiro (1870-1920) -- From the terno to the regional: the professionalization of choro -- The velha guarda in the new Brazil: choro in the 1950s and 1960s -- The choro revival -- Contemporary choro -- Choro and the Brazilian classical tradition.
Abstract Choro is a type of Brazilian popular music similar in background to the celebrated Cuban son of Buena Vista Social Club fame. Choro started in Rio de Janeiro as a fusion of African-based rhythms and structures with European instruments and dance forms. In the 20th century, it came to represent social and racial diversity in Brazil and was integrated into mainstream film, radio, and recordings throughout Latin America and Europe. It formed a basis for Brazilian jazz and influenced the music of Heitor Villa Lobos. Today choro is viewed as a type of popular folk/traditional music in its own right. Its history parallels that of race, class, and nationality in Brazil over the last 100 years.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-237), discography (pages 239-243), and index.
LCCN 2004026035
ISBN0253345413 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253217520 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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