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Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music

by Tamara Elena Livingston

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Brazilian Music Through the Lens of Choro

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Brazilian Music Through the Lens of Choro

Tamara Elena Livingston places choro within the social history of modern Brazil, tracing how a Rio de Janeiro musical fusion of African-derived rhythms, European instruments, and dance forms developed into a distinct popular tradition. The book connects choro’s changing cultural position to questions of race, class, and national identity across the twentieth century. It also situates the genre in wider media and musical networks: film, radio, recordings, Brazilian jazz, and the work of Heitor Villa-Lobos. With attention to both musical exchange and social meaning, it presents choro as a useful entry point into Brazil’s cultural history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Brazilian popular music and its historical development
  • Music history readers exploring race, class, and national identity in Brazil
  • Those curious about choro’s links with radio, recording, film, and Brazilian jazz

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ChoroBrazilian popular musicRace and classNational identityMusic and media

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Book overview

Choro is a type of Brazilian popular music similar in background to the celebrated Cuban son of Buena Vista Social Club fame. Choro started in Rio de Janeiro as a fusion of African-based rhythms and structures with European instruments and dance forms. In the 20th century, it came to represent social and racial diversity in Brazil and was integrated into mainstream film, radio, and recordings throughout Latin America and Europe. It formed a basis for Brazilian jazz and influenced the music of Heitor Villa Lobos. Today choro is viewed as a type of popular folk/traditional music in its own right. Its history parallels that of race, class, and nationality in Brazil over the last 100 years.

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