Popular Music in Brazil - Identity, Genres and Industry

"This Element outlines an overview of popular music made in Brazil, from the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Initially addressing the definition of the "popular" category, discussion then follows on the ways a Brazilian music identity was built after the country's independence in 1822 until the end of the 1920s. An idea of "popular music" was consolidated throughout the twentieth century, from being associated with rural musical performances of oral tradition to the recorded urban musical genres that were established through radio and television. After exploring the world of mass popular music, the relationships between traditional and modern, the topics of cultural diversity, multiculturalism, and the impact of digitalization, as well as the musical kaleidoscope of the twenty-first century, the Element ends with an insight into music genres in the era of digital platforms"--

List of contents

Overture; 1. Building the idea of popular and the music market in Brazil; 2. The social construction of music as popular and Brazilian: aesthetics, ideology, and politics (1920-2000); 3. Globalization and musical diversity; Coda; References.

Product details

• Authors: Leonardo De Marchi, Renato Pereira Torres Borges, Martha (Universidade Federal D Tupinamba De Ulhoa, Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2024
• EAN: 9781009565240
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0956524-0
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Elements in Popular Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Music, History: specific events & topics, MUSIC / General, Brazil, Music Industry, History of Music, Popular Music, Music: styles & genres, Musical Instruments, Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles