Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB, 1965-1985

by Charles A. Perrone

Overview

Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song is a critical study of MPB (música popular brasileira), a term that refers to varieties of urban popular music of the 1960s and 1970s, incorporating samba, Bossa Nova, and new materials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292765504
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	11/01/1993
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	293
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Charles A. Perrone is Professor of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Culture and Literature at the University of Florida.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. Brazilian Popular Music, MPB, and Song Literature
• 1. Chico Buarque: A Unanimous Construction
• 2. Other Words and Other Worlds of Caetano Veloso
• 3. Gilberto Gil: Guidance and Afro-Brazilliance
• 4. Milton Nascimento: Sallies and Banners
• 5. João Bosco and Aldir Blanc: The Drunkard and the Tightrope Walker
• Conclusion. MPB: Muse, Protest, and Beat
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Discography
• Index
• Permissions