Description
Book SynopsisAn absorbing account of the influence of African rhythms on contemporary black Brazilian music and the development of music world wide
Trade Review'Peter Fryer has now taken the study of the history of Brazilian music to another level' -- Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies
Table of ContentsMaps
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. The heritage of Nigeria and Benin: music for worship
2. The Angola heritage: capoeira and berimbau
3. The 'Angola warble': street cries and worksongs
4. Brazil's dramatic dances
5. Three vanished instruments
6. The African dance heritage
7. Brazil's Atlantic dances
8. The emergence of Brazilian popular music
9. Maxixe and urban samba
Appendix A: Continuity and change in the music of the Kongo-Angola culture area
Appendix B: African musical instruments in Brazil
Appendix C: The Brazilian musical heritage in Nigeria and Benin
Appendix D: The music and dance of Cape Verde
Appendix E: Relaçaõ da fofa que veya agora da Bahia: extract
Discography
Notes
Index
