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The first book in English to explore Brazilian choro.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Race, Class, and Nineteenth-Century Popular Music: The Modinha, the Lundu, and the Maxixe
3. The Roda de Choro: Heart and Soul of Choro
4. From the Plantation to the City: The Rise and Development of Early Choro in Rio de Janeiro (1870–1920)
5. From the Terno to the Regional: The Professionalization of Choro
6. The Velha Guarda in the New Brazil: Choro in the 1950s and 1960s
7. The Choro Revival
8. Contemporary Choro
9. Choro and the Brazilian Classical Tradition
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Select Discography of Choro Recordings
Internet Resources
Index

About the Author

Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour is University Archivist for Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Thomas George Caracas Garcia is Assistant Professor of ethnomusicology and Latin American Studies at Miami University of Ohio.

Reviews

[This] book will serve as a reference source for choro, and no doubt will spark interest and future research in this important genre.
*Journal of the Society for American Music*

. . . a welcome addition to the literature on the history of Brazilian popular music available in English, adding valuable information and insights regarding this ongoing lively musical conversation.Volume 29, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2008
*College of William and Mary*