Latin American Music Review articles from March 22 2008

Latin American Music Review archives from March 22 2008

Brazil in France, 1922: an anthropological study of the congenital international nexus of popular music.(Critical essay)
March 22, 2008... ABSTRACT: In 1922, the famous musical ensemble from Rio de Janeiro, Os Batutas, spent six months in Paris, playing in night clubs and parties. The group was under the direction of Pixinguinha and included Donga, composer of "Pelo Telefone's"...

Musica e Fe: A cena religiosa no mercado fonografico brasileiro.(Critical essay)
March 22, 2008... RESUMO: O presente texto busca discutir o segmento fonografico da musica religiosa no Brasil em suas duas principais vertentes, vinculadas respectivamente as tradicies catolica e protestante. O texto oferece um breve historico de ambas, bem...

M. Camargo Guarnieri and the influence of Mario de Andrade's modernism.(Critical essay)
March 22, 2008... Modernism in Brazilian art music called for a convergence of separate emphases: 1) renovation of compositional practices through the adaptation of current techniques; and 2) incorporation of native elements to better align art music with the...

Cultural geographies of Afro-Brazilian symbolic practice: tradition and change in Maracatu de Nacao (Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil).(Critical essay)
March 22, 2008... Maracatu de Nacao, A Tradition Reinvigorated The main carnival of Pernambuco, Brazil, which takes place in the large coastal city of Recife and the nearby town of Olinda, has received little attention from non-Brazilian scholars--either as...

Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour and Thomas George Caracas Garcia. Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... TAMARA ELENA LIVINGSTON-ISENHOUR and THOMAS GEORGE CARACAS GARCIA. Choro: A Social History of a Brazilian Popular Music. 2005. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Brazilian choro shares much with its more markedly...

Malena Kuss, Editor. Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... MALENA KUSS, EDITOR. Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History. Volume 1, Performing Beliefs: Indigenous Peoples of South America, Central America, and Mexico. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004. 448 PP., 57 black...

Ecos de Borinquen. Jibaro Hasta el Hueso.(Sound recording review)
March 22, 2008... ECOS DE BORINQUEN. Jibaro Hasta el Hueso. 2003. Produced by Hector Vega Druet and Daniel Sheehy, annotated by Daniel Sheehy. Smithsonian Folkways Recording, SFW 40506. One compact disc. Booklet (36 pages) in English and Spanish, photos. ...

Jose Gutierrez y Los Hermanos Ochoa. La Bamba: Sones Jarochos from Veracruz; Los Camperos de Valles, El ave de mi Sonar: Mexican Sones Huastecos; Arpex, !Tierra Caliente! Music from the Hotlands of Michoacan.(Sound recording review)
March 22, 2008... JOSE GUTIERREZ Y LOS HERMANOS OCHOA. La Bamba: Sones Jarochos from Veracruz; Los Camperos de Valles, El ave de mi Sonar: Mexican Sones Huastecos; Arpex, !Tierra Caliente! Music from the Hotlands of Michoacan. Three individual compact discs....

Natl Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos. !Llegaron Los Camperos! Concert Favorites of Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos.(Sound recording review)
March 22, 2008... NATL CANO'S MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS. !Llegaron Los Camperos! Concert Favorites of Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos. Compact disc. 2005. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (United States). Descriptive notes, photos. (Available from Smithsonian...

Lydia Cabrera and Josefina Tarafa. Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Bata, Bembe, and Palo Songs.(Sound recording review)
March 22, 2008... LYDIA CABRERA AND JOSEFINA TARAFA. Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Bata, Bembe, and Palo Songs. Notes by Morton Marks. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, SFW CD 40434, 2003, 28 pp., notes, photos, compact disc, 74 min. $16.98....

Communications and announcements.(Calendar)
March 22, 2008... First Conference on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and Caribbean May 22-23, 2008 University of California, San Diego The event is organized and sponsored by ERIP (LASA Section on Ethnicity, Race, and Indigenous...