The End of Song: Improvisation as Social Critique in Brazil
| Autor: | James McNALLY |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Improvisation
050204 development studies media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Authoritarianism Reactionary Musical 0506 political science Creative project Popular music Aesthetics Phenomenon 0502 economics and business National identity 050602 political science & public administration Sociology Music media_common |
| Zdroj: | Twentieth-Century Music. 18:125-152 |
| ISSN: | 1478-5730 1478-5722 |
| Popis: | This article addresses an emerging phenomenon in which Brazilian popular musicians have begun to depart from popular song (canção popular) in favour of free improvisation in response to rising authoritarianism. As a case study, I examine the creative project Carta Branca, which brings together popular and experimental musicians from styles such as MPB and hip-hop to perform freely improvised concerts. Following a consideration of the history of Braziliancanção popular, the article discusses how contemporary popular musicians engage in free improvisation as an alternative means of musical critique. I contend that their actions constitute evidence of a broader ‘post-canção’ moment, with the potential to facilitate more flexible and collective ways of responding to Brazil's reactionary moment. The article further discusses how the musicians’ improvisational turn fosters a renewed engagement with a form of cultural improvisation tied to understandings of national identity and being in the world specific to Brazil. |
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