Making Samba A New History of Race and Music in Brazil

Name: Making Samba A New History of Race and Music in Brazil
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ISBN: 9780822354307

ISBN-10: 0822354306

ISBN-13: 9780822354307

Edition: 2013

Authors: Marc A. Hertzman

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In November 1916, a young Afro-Brazilian musician named Donga registered sheet music for the song "Pelo telephone" ("On the Telephone") at the National Library in Rio de Janeiro. This apparently simple act—claiming ownership of a musical composition—set in motion a series of events that would shake Brazil's cultural landscape. Before the debut of "Pelo telephone," samba was a somewhat obscure term, but by the late 1920s, the wildly popular song had helped to make it synonymous with Brazilian national music.The success of "Pelo telephone" embroiled Donga in controversy. A group of musicians claimed that he had stolen their work, and a prominent journalist accused him of selling out his…

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List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 4/16/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



A Note about Brazilian Terminology, Currency, and Orthography


Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Between Fascination and Fear: Musicians' Worlds in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro



Beyond the Punishment Paradigm: Popular Entertainment and Social Control after Abolition



Musicians Outside the Circle: Race, Wealth, and Property in Fred Figner's Music Market



"Our Music": "Pelo telefone," the Oito Batutas, and the Rise of "Samba"



Mediators and Competitors: Musicians, Journalists, and the Roda do Samba



Bodies and Minds: Mapping Africa and Brazil during the Golden Age



Alliances and Limits: The SBAT and the Rise of the Entertainment Class



Everywhere and Nowhere: The UBC and the Consolidation of Racial and Gendered Difference



After the Golden Age: Reinvention and Political Change


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index