Samba, Rio, and the Sound of Modern Brazil (ppt 2)

Question 1

Samba Origins

Answer 1

• originated in the state of Bahia in the 19th century
• it becomes what it is today in Rio in the first decades of the 20th century
• typical instruments: voice, cavaquinho, flute, pandeiro, agogô, cuica, reco-reco
• emerges out of lundu, maxixe, choro, and marcha

Question 2

Praça Onze

Answer 2

• place in Rio where many up and coming samba artists would come and play their music

Question 3

Who were some of the early pioneers of samba?

Answer 3

• Pixinghinha
• Donga
• Sinho

Question 4

What role did Rio play in the development of samba?

Answer 4

• the segregation and close proximity of wealthier neighborhoods with poorer darker ones

Question 5

“The Gang’s All Here”

Answer 5

• clip of a movie we watched in class in which Carmen Miranda does a performance wearing her usual costume of a Black Bahian woman

Question 6

“Eu sou favela”

Answer 6

• released in 2004
• a contemporary samba de morro
• critiques living and social conditions stil prevalent in Brazil

Question 7

Favelas overview

Answer 7

• caused in part by return of soldiers from Canudos and other Northeaster migrants at the turn of 20th century combined with razing of tenement housing
• driven by exploitation and opportunish