Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil

by Marc A. Hertzman

Book Overview

In November 1916, a young Afro-Brazilian musician named Donga registered sheet music for the song "Pelo telefone" ("On the Telephone") at the National Library in Rio de Janeiro. This apparently simple act--claiming ownership of a musical composition--set in motion a series of events that would shake Brazil's cultural landscape. Before the debut of "Pelo telephone," samba was a somewhat obscure term, but by the late 1920s, the wildly popular song had...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822354306
• ISBN13: 9780822354307
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"