ANTH 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Bossa Nova, Forro Creole, Duple And Quadruple Metre
Document Summary
Highly urbanized and industrialized centers: brasilia (capital), rio de janeiro (culture center), and sao paolo (business center). Farm lands and remote pre-industrialized areas the amazon). Brazilian history: portuguese colonization (1532-1822), brazilian independence (1822), slavery abolished (1888), republic established (1889), military dictatorship (1964-1985), and democracy restored (1989). Brazilian musical styles: samba, bossa nova, maxixe (tango), forro (accordion music), afoxes (candomble), and musica popular brasileira (mpb). Samba styles: samba de enredo, samba cancao, bossa nova, and pagode. Samba: developed by afro-brazilian working-class in bahia (1800"s). Bahian circle dance (samba de roda => samba in a circle). Homes of matriarchs (tias bainanas) served as social clubs and cultural centers (they were called. First samba recordings: em casa da baiana (in the baiana"s house) by alfredo c: pre-larlos. Pelo telefono (on the phone) by mauro de almeida (1916). 1920"s-1930"s is when samba became the official music of carnival.
