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The Poetics Of Brazilian Song 1933-1962
"Noel Rosa fathered popular urban songs. Dorival Caymmi breathed Afro-Brazilian magic into them, and Vinicius de Moraes was the poet par excellence of bossa nova. This collection also celebrates other in_ uential artists in Brazil, the likes of Catulo da Paixao Cearense, Cândido das Neves, Orestes Barbosa, Cartola, Ronaldo Bôscoli and Humberto Teixeira. Whether they were black, white or mulatto, from Rio de Janeiro or Nordeste, composer songwriters or lyricists, each of these artists contributed to the stylistic evolution of popular Brazilian songs for half a century. Their literary talents made their verse a thing of extraordinary poetry. Teca CALAZANS et Philippe LESAGE"