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Can I read Making Samba : A New History of Race and Music in Brazil on EtoBox?
Making Samba : A New History of Race and Music in Brazil by Marc A. Hertzman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Making Samba : A New History of Race and Music in Brazil about?
In November 1916, a young Afro-Brazilian musician named Donga registered sheet music for the song "Pelo telefone" ("On the Telephone") at the National Library in Rio de Janeiro. This apparently simple act—claiming ownership of a musical composition—set in motion a series of events that would shake Brazil's cultural landscape. Before the debut of "Pelo telephone," samba was a somewhat obscure term, but by the late 1920s, the wildly popular song had helped to make it synonymous with Brazilian nati
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Marc A. Hertzman
- Publisher
- Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822354307
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Music, South America
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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