Rhythms of Resistance - Peter Fryer

Rhythms of Resistance

African Musical Heritage in Brazil

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Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2000
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-0383-3 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
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An absorbing account of the influence of African rhythms on contemporary black Brazilian music and the development of music world wide
African rhythms are at the heart of contemporary black Brazilian music. Surveying a musical legacy that encompasses over 400 years, Rhythms of Resistance traces the development of this rich cultural heritage.



Acclaimed author Peter Fryer describes how slaves, mariners and merchants brought African music from Angola and the ports of East Africa to Latin America. In particular, they brought it to Brazil – today the country with the largest black population of any outside Africa. Fryer examines how the rhythms and beats of Africa were combined with European popular music to create a unique sound and dance tradition. Fryer focuses on the political nature of this musical crossover and the role of an African heritage in the cultural identity of Brazilian blacks today.



Rhythms of Resistance is an absorbing account of a theme in global music and is rich in fascinating historical detail.

Peter Fryer (1927-2006) was a British writer and journalist, whose coverage of the arrival of citizens from the Caribbean onboard the HMT Empire Windrush led to a deep and long-lasting interest in the histories of Black Britons. In 1984, he wrote the classic book Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain (Pluto, 2018).

Maps


List of illustrations


Preface


Introduction


1. The heritage of Nigeria and Benin: music for worship


2. The Angola heritage: capoeira and berimbau


3. The 'Angola warble': street cries and worksongs


4. Brazil's dramatic dances


5. Three vanished instruments


6. The African dance heritage


7. Brazil's Atlantic dances


8. The emergence of Brazilian popular music


9. Maxixe and urban samba


Appendix A: Continuity and change in the music of the Kongo-Angola culture area


Appendix B: African musical instruments in Brazil


Appendix C: The Brazilian musical heritage in Nigeria and Benin


Appendix D: The music and dance of Cape Verde


Appendix E: Relaçaõ da fofa que veya agora da Bahia: extract


Discography


Notes


Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.3.2000
Zusatzinfo 2 b&w maps, 14 b&w photographs
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 230 mm
Gewicht 600 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-7453-0383-8 / 0745303838
ISBN-13 978-0-7453-0383-3 / 9780745303833
Zustand Neuware
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