Focus on Music of Northeast Brazil (Focus on World Music Series)

by Larry Crook (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2009

  $157.00

  Examines the historical and contemporary manifestations of the music of Brazil. This book describes and analyzes the social/historical contexts and contemporary musical practices of Afro-Brazilian religion, selected Carnival traditions, Bahia's black cultural renaissance, the traditions of rural migrants, and currents in popular music.