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Surfing Down to Rio: Brazilian Classical Music on the Web.(Brief Article)

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It may come as a surprise to some of us that Brazil has about half the population of South America and half the land area of South America, and is larger than the continental United States. And it may come as a further surprise that Brazil has a much older tradition of the cultivation of classical music than the United States and has by far the largest presence on the Web in South America. Brazil may be famous for monkeys, tropical fruit, tiny bathing suits, lovely beaches, and coffee, but its classical music is hardly a secret--at least within the country itself. What ...

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