Understanding Understanding Music in BrazilMusic in BrazilUnderstanding Understanding Music in BrazilMusic in Brazil

Locating Brazil and Its Locating Brazil and Its Diverse Musical CultureDiverse Musical CultureLocating Brazil and Its Locating Brazil and Its

Diverse Musical CultureDiverse Musical Culture

A Country DividedA Country DividedA Country DividedA Country DividedConceptions about the NortheastConceptions about the Northeast

•ruralrural•conservative and traditionalconservative and traditional•oldold•colonial pastcolonial past

Conceptions about the NortheastConceptions about the Northeast•ruralrural•conservative and traditionalconservative and traditional•oldold•colonial pastcolonial past

Conceptions about the SouthConceptions about the South•urbanurban•progressive and industrialprogressive and industrial•modernmodern•national futurenational future

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Carnival Scenes

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Carnival Scenes

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Carnival Scenes

CaboclinhosCaboclinhosCaboclinhosCaboclinhos

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Brazilian NortheastBrazilian NortheastBrazilian NortheastBrazilian Northeast

Coastal Strip– Center of Afro-Brazilian Cultural Heritage

– African-European Racial Mixture

– Major Cities

Interior Sertão– Caboclos (Portuguese/Amerindian Racial Mixture)

– Rural Based and Agrarian

MiscegenationMiscegenationMiscegenationMiscegenation

– Interracial Biological Reproduction– Racial Identity and Social Hierarchy – Cultural Mixture of Traditions

Creating and Contesting Creating and Contesting Brazil’s Racial DemocracyBrazil’s Racial DemocracyCreating and Contesting Creating and Contesting

Brazil’s Racial DemocracyBrazil’s Racial Democracy

– Gilberto Freyre– Miscegenation and the Brazilian national

character– Conflicting Views of Race Relations

Music, Race, and the Music, Race, and the Aesthetics of ParticipationAesthetics of ParticipationMusic, Race, and the Music, Race, and the Aesthetics of ParticipationAesthetics of Participation

– African Heritage in the Northeast– Cultural/Artistic Mixture– Folklore and Afro-Brazilian tradition – Racial Identity and the Aesthetics of

Participation

Intercultural Mixture during Intercultural Mixture during Colonial Times in the Colonial Times in the NortheastNortheast

Intercultural Mixture during Intercultural Mixture during Colonial Times in the Colonial Times in the NortheastNortheast

– Black Charamelas– Sacred and Secular Processions– African and European Musical Styles