Prof. D. Borim on the MIT Brazil Lecture Series
Sponsored by MIT-Brazil and Global Studies and Languages
October 9, 2014
The Four Pillars of Brazil’s
Musical Culture in the
20th Century
Dário Borim, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
This lecture will discuss the
history and multicultural attributes of Brazil’s four most influential music
styles: samba, bossa nova, MPB and Tropicália.
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At first, Borim examines what anthropologist Hermano Vianna has called “samba’s mystery,” that
is, how samba emerges, in the early 1930s, from the poor and despised
periphery to the center of the nation’s musical identity.
·
Roughly two and half
decades later, bossa nova is born initially to stun and annoy Brazilian
audiences, but soon to conquer and enchant the world within and beyond Brazil
through a smooth and sophisticated revolution in musical aesthetics.
·
Less than ten years
passed, another two movements define and establish the underpinning of
Brazil’s musical legacy in the 20th century: the socio-political
make-up and outreach of MPB (música popular brasileira) and the radical
multi-artistic phenomenon of Tropicália.
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VIDEO-CLIPS
Samba
“Samba da Minha Terra” –
Dorival Caymmi (1940)
Bossa Nova
“One-Note
Samba” – Antônio Carlos (Tom) Jobim and Newton Mendonça (1960)
(3:07)
Interpreted by Tom Jobim
and João Donato:
(3:28)
MPB
“Cálice” – Gilberto Gil and Chico
Buarque (1973)
Interpreted by Milton Nascimento and
Chico Buarque:
(4:01)
“O que será (à flor da pele)” – Chico
Buarque (1976)
Interpreted by Milton Nascimento and
Chico Buarque:
Tropicália
“Panis et Circensis”— Gilberto
Gil and Caetano Veloso (1968)
Interpreted by Os
Mutantes (in Portuguese, plus English translation):
“Domingo no Parque” – Gilberto Gil (1967)
Interpreted by Gilberto
Gil and Symphonic Orchestra of Bahia:
SUGGESTED READING
Samba
Hertzman, Marc A. Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil. Durham and London: Duke U.P., 2013.
Vianna, Hermano. The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil. Trans. John Charles Chasteen. Chapel Hill, NC: U. of North Carolina P., 1999.
Bossa Nova
Castro, Ruy. Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music that Seduced the World.
Chega de saudade. English. Trans.
Lisa Salsbury. Foreword Julian Dibbell. Chicago: Chicago Review P., 1990.
Jobim, Helena. Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man. Trans. Dário Borim. Milwaukee,
WI: Hal Lenard, 2011.
MPB
McGowan, Chris, and Ricardo Pessanha.
The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova,
and the Popular Music of Brazil. Rev. and expanded ed. Philadelphia: Temple
U.P., 2009.
Perrone, Charles A. Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB
1965-1985. Austin, TX: U. of Texas P., 1989.
Tropicália
Dunn, Christopher. Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the
Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. Chapel Hill and London: U. of
North Carolina P., 2001.
Veloso, Caetano. Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. Trans.
Isabel de Sena. Ed. Barbara Einzig. New York: Alfred Knopf, 2002.
FURTHER RESOURCES
English Translated Lyrics and Informative Texts on Brazilian Music:
FURTHER RESOURCES
English Translated Lyrics and Informative Texts on Brazilian Music:
Brazil-Related Archives
on Discs, Songs, and Musicians (website in Portuguese): www.discosdobrasil.com.br
1 comment:
Hi Prof. Borim,
I just saw you linked to the English version of Tropicalia, and thought maybe you could include a link to the website in your "reading" list, if you think it's appropriate:
www.lyricalbrazil.com
Thanks for including the link. I saw your program is on streaming 3-6 pm Thursdays, right? I'm in Rio and will try to stream it from here!
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