Inventing Northeastern Popular Music for the Nation

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Inventing Northeastern Popular Music for the
Nation
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Nationalizing Northeastern Folk Traditions

• Northeastern themes and songs adapted for Rio de
  Janeiro (1910s)
• Côco and Embolada (1920s-30s)
• Luiz Gonzaga and the Baião (1940s-50s)

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Catulo da Paixão Cearense
(1863-1946)

• Reformer of the modinha
• Stylized adaptations of Northeastern folk music
  traditions
• Romantic visions of the Sertão
• Luar do Sertão

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João Pernambuco
(1863-1946)

• Guitarist in Rio de Janeiro
• Partner with Catulo da Paixão Cearense
• Member of Os Oito Batutas

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Pixinguinha and Os Oito Batutas

• Brazils most influential music group of the
  1920s
• Trips to collect folk music from the Northeast
• Northeastern influence in repertoire

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Côco and Embolada
(1920s-1930s)

• Northeastern musicians in Rio de Janeiro
• Regional Combos
• Manezinho Araújo

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Luiz Gonzaga
(1912-1989)

• Born in Pernambuco
• Moved to Rio de Janeiro (1930s)
• Radio Programs (1930s-1950s)
• Hit Recordings (1940s-1950s)

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Baião and Música Nordestina

• Instruments Zabumba, Accordion, Triangle
• Modal Scales
• Syncopated rhythmic figure
• Lyrics focus on northeastern life experiences

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Accordion Trio Format
Triangle
Zabumba
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Jackson do Pandeiro
(1919-1982)

• Singer and pandeiro player
• Mixed northeastern sound with urban samba

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