The Brazilian sound
Subtitle: samba, bossa nova, and the popular music of Brazil
By: Chris McGowan and Ricardo Pessanha.
Contributors: Pessanha, Ricardo.
Publisher: Billboard Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Popular music -- Brazil -- History and criticism.
Description: "Perhaps the best survey in English of Brazilian popular music. Covers from 19th-century genres such as modinhas up to 1980s Brazilian rock. Includes invaluable descriptions of styles, musical instruments, and short biographical data on composers and singers. Reviewed in Notes, Vol. 50, No. 1, 1993, p. 200-201. Useful introduction to Brazilian music"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.
Discography: p. 205-210.