Naná Vasconcelos's Saudades

by Daniel B. Sharp

Book Overview

The berimbau, a one-stringed musical instrument that looks like a bow from a bow-and-arrow, is customarily strung with the wire found within a car tire. When Afro-Brazilian percussionist Nan Vasconcelos set out to build his own, however, he strung it instead with a single Steinway piano string, signaling his desire to take the instrument beyond its traditional settings. Nan grew up in Northeast Brazil, surrounded by the resourceful improvisation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501345702
• ISBN13: 9781501345708
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.8"