Bossa nova - The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World
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The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World
Author: Ruy Castro
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Place of printing: Chicago
Year of publication: 2000
Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as "The Girl from Ipanema" (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), "The Waters of March," and "Desafinado" are known around the world. Bossa Nova--a number-one bestseller when originally published in Brazil as Chega de saudade--is a definitive history of this seductive music. Based on extensive interviews with Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and all the major musicians and their friends, Bossa Nova explains how a handful of Rio de Janeiro teenagers changed the face of popular culture around the world. Now, in this outstanding translation, the full flavor of Ruy Castro's wisecracking, chatty Portuguese comes through in a feast of detail. Along the way he introduces a cast of unforgettable characters who turned Gilberto's singular vision into the sound of a generation.
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Copy in good condition. Cover with traces of dust and signs of wear. Yellowing of the pages. Text in English. Book in good condition.
ISBN Code: 1556524943
EAN: 9781556524943
Pages: 399
Format: Paperback
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 24
Width: 15
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Text in English. Text in English. Book in good condition. Translated by Lysa Salsbury. B/W images nt
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