This article on a website about music and culture in Southern Brazil notes the coverage of music from that area, including musicians Renato Borghetti and Leonardo, in the book.
Leonardo is quoted as saying he is pleased that readers outside of Latin America are being informed about his music.
In Portuguese.
An article by Larry Rohter in the New York Times of 1/25/07 describes the newly-released 6-CD set of recordings from the Missão de Pesquisas Folclóricas, or Folkloric Research Mission, that was organized by Mário de Andrade. Sound clips accompany the article.
link to republication of the article in the International Herald Tribune, which might stay available after the NYT version gets a pricetag
On p. xiv, I wrote "Suggestions for pronunciation may be found on my website..."
I recorded the pronunciation of the terms in bold in the glossary on pp. 159-61 in this mp3 file.
In Portuguese:
www.miscelaneavanguardiosa.blogspot.com
Thanks to Jonathan Gregory for the link.
This clip shows the cavalo-marinho Boi Pintado, directed by Mestre Grimário. Narration in Portuguese.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VwBeNHdrww
Here's a video of the Orquesta da Bomba do Hemetério, a frevo orchestra. The video was made by my friend Sérgio Gusmão, who has several other videos about the music and culture of Pernambuco on YouTube. Bomba do Hemetério is a neighborhood of Recife.
You might also check out adluna's video of the Spok Frevo Orquestra. Spok is an outstanding saxophonist and bandleader. This group recently released a CD entitled [i]Passo de Anjo[/i]. More information at www.spokfrevo.com.br.
The book is being used this fall for two classes at SUNY-Stony Brook.
Music in Brazil was adopted as the textbook for Ethnomusicology 113, Music of Brazil, at UCLA in summer 2006. The instructor is Jack Bishop.
Check out the course website.
The DVD "Moro no Brasil" (I Live in Brazil), by Mika Kaurismäki, is a marvelous introduction to the music of Brazil.
See the film's site, www.moronobrasil.com, for more information, including trailers and audio clips.
The film represents the filmmaker's search for various meanings and roots of samba. I like the emphasis on multiple meanings of samba, the respect and affection the film shows towards musicians and other people interviewed, and the long stretches of performance that are shown without unnecessary cuts or narration.
Many of the artists and genres written about in Music in Brazil are included, including Mestre Salustiano. You can even catch a glimpse of Devotos in the closing montage. The special features are additional footage of carnaval and capoeira.
The translations in the subtitles are very well done in general. I noticed a few things: Jaboatão, a neighboring municipality of Recife, is spelled Jabuatão; when Mestre Meia Noite is talking about the alfaia, it's spelled safai; and when Margareth Menezes says "celula mater" (should be célula) to refer to a rhythm in candomblé, it's left untranslated and could have been rendered literally as "mother cell."
A great film! Everybody should see it.
The Cravo Albin dictionary of Brazilian popular music, an extremely useful resource in Portuguese, has started to publish articles in English.
There are currently 300 articles in English and more will be added.
