{"product_id":"hearing-brazil-music-and-histories-in-minas-gerais-9781496838285","title":"Hearing Brazil: Music and Histories in Minas Gerais","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathon Grasse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethnomusicology\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.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46446018232471,"sku":"9781496838285","price":3492.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781496838285.webp?v=1769135995","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hearing-brazil-music-and-histories-in-minas-gerais-9781496838285","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}