Brazilian Popular Music
Caetano Veloso and the Regeneration of Tradition
Erschienen am 5. Juli 2017
192 Seiten
978-1-351-57322-1 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Brazilian Popular Music, or M'sica Popular Brasileira (MPB), developed in the mid 1960s as a response to the re-thinking of Brazilian national identity following the establishment of the post-1964 military regime. A leading figure in MPB at this time was Caetano Veloso, and it is his music and its reception that form the focus of this book. A leader of the Tropicalist movement, Veloso sought to initiate a critical debate on Brazilian Popular Music and the political and ideological foundations which underpinned its aesthetic. Lorraine Leu examines Veloso's musical and vocal styles, revealing the ways in which they play with traditional expectations between the performer and listener, and argues that they represent an important response to the severe censorship and repression of the military regime.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'In addition to a very well researched and carefully footnoted volume, the reader gets forty-two marvelous pages of love song analysis, a subject to which not engouh musicological schoarship has been dedicated... [Leu's] interpretation and translations of, and sensitivity to, some of Brazil's best poetry, its popular music lyrics, are highly commendable and beautiful in their own right. Leu has set a new, higher standard for English language interpretations of this magnificent cultural treasure trove.' Notes ...I was greatly engaged by Leu's analyses of Veloso's work itself... Anyone interested in Caetano Veloso's music will be inspired by Leu's interpretations of his work. Ethnomusicology There are excellent discussions of some of Veloso's key songs... a useful exploration of a musical figure who grows in stature both in his homeland and abroad. British Bulletin of PublicationsWeitere Details
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Dateigröße
4,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-57322-1 (9781351573221)
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Person
Dr Lorraine Leu, formerly Lecturer in Portuguese & Brazilian Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.
Inhalt
Culture, politics and the weight of tradition in 1960s Brazil; Style and sexual politics in the TropicA!lia period; 'You don't know me at all' - challenging vocal traditions; Language, meaning and memory: the songwriting tradition; The tradition of the love song in Brazil; Unidentifiable objects of desire: Caetano Veloso's love songs; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
