The Music of Brazil

Here is the most comprehensive history of Brazilian music available in English. Concise yet remarkably detailed, it provides professional musicologists and music lovers alike with a clear outline of the major trends, important composers, and currents of thought that have shaped the folk, popular, and art music that are an important part of Brazil's unique cultural heritage. The Music of Brazil contains over seventy musical examples representing musical idiom and form throughout recent history. A useful glossary introduces the reader to the key terms of Brazilian music, from agogô--a percussion instrument composed of two bells--to xocalho--a wooden or metal rattler.

Author: David P. Appleby
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 04/01/1983
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.95h x 5.85w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780292751118

About the Author
DAVID P. APPLEBY was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is a concert pianist and an author in the realm of Brazilian Music. Until retirement, he was Professor of Music at Eastern Illinois University.