The berimbau
Subtitle: soul of Brazilian music
By: Eric A. Galm.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604734058
Subjects: Berimbau -- History; Music -- Brazil -- History and criticism; Music -- Brazil -- African influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical connections and the emergence of a national symbol; title: Theme and variations : tracing a musical motif from bossa nova to the 1990s; title: Afrocentric themes of resistance; title: The "one note samba" starts to jam; title: Creation myths; title: Visual and literary images of the berimbau.