Description
| Product ID: | 9781138275072 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series |
| Title: | Brazilian Popular Music |
| Subtitle: | Caetano Veloso and the Regeneration of Tradition |
| Authors: | Author: Lorraine Leu |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Popular music, Rock & Pop music |
| Description: | Through a close analysis of his songs, this book explores the life and music of the song-writer Caetano Veloso, and his involvement with the development of Brazilian Popular Music. Brazilian Popular Music, or Música Popular Brasileira (MPB), developed in the mid 1960s as a response to the re-thinking of Brazilian national identity following the establishment of the post-1964 military regime. A leading figure in MPB at this time was Caetano Veloso, and it is his music and its reception that form the focus of this book. A leader of the Tropicalist movement, Veloso sought to initiate a critical debate on Brazilian Popular Music and the political and ideological foundations which underpinned its aesthetic. Lorraine Leu examines Veloso''s musical and vocal styles, revealing the ways in which they play with traditional expectations between the performer and listener, and argues that they represent an important response to the severe censorship and repression of the military regime. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-09 |
