{"product_id":"the-music-of-brazil-9780292751118","title":"The Music of Brazil","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David P. Appleby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 5.85w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292751118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39949046841459,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_41cf9b32-8054-498c-accc-678661d7fdf8.jpg?v=1648475540","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-music-of-brazil-9780292751118","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}