Bossa Nova : The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World.
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Bossa Nova : The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World.
Yazar:
Castro, Ruy.
ISBN:
9781613745724
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1 online resource (399 pages)
İçerik:
Front Cover -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Note to the Reader -- Contents -- Introduction and Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Prologue: Juazeiro, 1948 -- Part I: The Great Dream -- 1. The Sounds That Came out of the Basement -- 2. Hot Times at the Lojas Murray -- 3. Battle of the Vocal Ensembles -- 4. The Mountains, the Sun, and the Sea -- 5. Torchy Copacabana -- 6. The Gang -- 7. In Search of the Lost Self -- 8. The Arrival of the Beat -- 9. One Minute and Fifty-Nine Seconds That Changed Everything -- 10. "Desafinado" (Off-Key) -- Part II: The Long Holiday -- 11. Bossa Nova Goes to School -- 12. Colorful Harmonies -- 13. Love, a Smile, and a Flower -- 14. It's Salt, It's Sun, It's South -- 15. Bossa Nova for Sale -- 16. "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema) -- 17. A Bite of the Apple -- 18. The Armed Flower -- 19. Shuttle Service -- 20. The Diaspora -- 21. The World as an Exit -- Epilogue: What Happened to Them -- A Select Bossa Nova Discography -- Glossary -- Index -- Back Cover.
Özet:
Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as The Girl from Ipanema" (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), The Waters of March," and Desafinado" are known around the world. Bossa Novaa number-one bestseller when originally published in Brazil as Chega de Saudadeis a definitive history of this seductive music. Based on extensive interviews with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jo+o Gilberto, and all the major musicians and their friends, Bossa Nova explains how a handful of Rio de Janeiro teenagers changed the face of popular culture around the world. Now, in this outstanding translation, the full flavor of Ruy Castro's wisecracking, chatty Portuguese comes through in a feast of detail. Along the way he introduces a cast of unforgettable characters who turned Gilberto's singular vision into the sound of a generation.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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