{"product_id":"hearing-brazil-music-and-histories-in-minas-gerais-paperback","title":"Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathon Grasse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinas Gerais is a state in southeastern Brazil deeply connected to the nation's slave past and home to many traditions related to the African diaspora. Addressing a wide range of traditions helping to define the region, ethnomusicologist Jonathon Grasse examines the complexity of Minas Gerais by exploring the intersections of its history, music, and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstruments, genres, social functions, and historical accounts are woven together to form a tapestry revealing a cultural territory's development. The deep pool of Brazilian scholarship referenced in the book, with original translations by the author, cites over two hundred Portuguese-language publications focusing on Minas Gerais. This research was augmented by fieldwork, observations, and interviews completed over a twenty-five-year period and includes original photographs, many taken by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais \u003c\/i\u003esurveys the colonial past, the vast hinterland countryside, and the modern, twenty-first-century state capital of Belo Horizonte, the metropolitan region of which is today home to over six million. Diverse legacies are examined, including an Afro-Brazilian heritage, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century liturgical music of the region's \"Minas Baroque,\" the instrument known as the \u003ci\u003eviola\u003c\/i\u003e, a musical profile of Belo Horizonte, and a study of the regionalist themes developed by the popular music collective the Clube da Esquina (Corner Club) led by Milton Nascimento with roots in the 1960s. \u003ci\u003eHearing Brazil \u003c\/i\u003echampions the notion that Brazil's unique role in the world is further illustrated by regionalist studies presenting details of musical culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathon Grasse \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of music at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He has researched music in Minas Gerais, Brazil, for over twenty-five years and has published journal articles, chapters, and books on the subject. He is author of \u003ci\u003eMilton Nascimento and Lô Borges's \"The Corner Club.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 370\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784101134624,"sku":"9781496838285","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/850627dde2bdbaa3bcb1b423133e507a.webp?v=1780599902","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hearing-brazil-music-and-histories-in-minas-gerais-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}