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Travels in Brazil (1817-1821) by Spix and Von Martius

It is probably difficult to imagine today just how captivating a place Brazil was for 19th Century Europeans. Curious travellers found a whole new universe unveiling itself before their eyes. Under...

How to dress to attend a classical music concert

How to dress to attend a classical music concert? Classical Music Concerts, how to dress to attend one, and Concerto, the musical form that named the social event; also, a famous vest. Whoever thinks...

What classical music titles say about the compositions they name

Happy and thankful feelings after the storm Thiago Rocha This text summarizes what classical music titles convey about the music they name. It simplifies the initial understanding and search for this...

A brief history of the Brazilian national anthem

Francisco Manuel da Silva (1795 - 1865), renowned cellist and composer, wrote in 1823 an anthem celebrating the proclamation of independence of Brazil. Admirer of the “Marseillaise”, he believed...

About Brazilian music

1. Colonial period (to 1822). Relatively little is known about art music activities and composition during the first two centuries of Brazilian history. The substantial documentation attesting to...

Almeida Prado's Primer of Rhythm for Piano

Preface to the first edition Alongside the transformations which occurred in the harmonic language of Western classical music of the 20thcentury, from the growing dilation of tonality up to its...

Biennials of Contemporary Brazilian Music - a brief history

In 1969, Edino Krieger organised the first edition of the Guanabara Music Festival. This inspired the realization of the First Contemporary Brazilian Music Biennial, five years later, with the...

Bossa Nova

Bossa Nova combined traditional music, samba, with a more sophisticated harmony, modernising and internationalising Brazilian popular music. Officially, it is said that Bossa Nova came into being...

Brazilian colonial music

At the beginning of the 18th century, gold has been discovered at Minas Gerais, which became the target of a great number of explorers. As a consequence of the “golden” era, a fine artistic...

Brazilian Tango

The Brazilian tango is an ill-defined genre. A comparison, for example, between tangos by Ernesto Nazareth, Eduardo Souto (“O Despertar da Montanha”, “Do Sorriso da Mulher Nasceram as...

Carnival

Some people think that Carnival is a typical Brazilian festivity, but it has a very ancient origin. It is associated with agrarian cults of ancient Greece (about the fifth century BC). With the...

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