Description
“What is Forró? A glimpse of Forró history”
Book written by Ivan Dias and Sandrinho Dupan, with illustrations by Ramon Vieira.
English version.
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Follow Sandrinho Dupan here.
Get the Portuguese version “O que é o Forró?”
Contents
1.The origins of Forró
2.Where does Forró come from?
3.What is Forró?
4.Set of Rhythms
5.What does the word Forró mean?
6.Forró and its Dances
7.The Party
8.The Rhythms
•Lundu
•Samba
•Coco
•Baião
•Xote
•Arrastapé
•Xaxado
•Forró
•Rojão
9.Instruments
10.Technological revolutions
11.Double entendre expressions in Forró songs
12.Ramifications of Forró
•Traditional Forró (1940s)
•Sanfoneiros
•Composers
•Forró MPB (1970s)
•Forró Eletrônico (1990s)
•Forró Universitário (2000s)
13.Current scene in Brazil
14.Forró conquering the world
15.Forró’s influences on Contemporary Music
16.Future scenario
17.Complementary readings
18.Authors; Acknowledgments
19.Bibliographical references
