Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB, 1965-1985
Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB, 1965-1985
by Charles A. Perrone
University of Texas Press, 1993 Cloth: 978-0-292-75102-6 | Paper: 978-0-292-76550-4 | eISBN: 978-0-292-76170-4 Library of Congress Classification ML3487.B7P5 1989 Dewey Decimal Classification 784.500981
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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