Inventing Northeastern
Popular Music
for the Nation
Nationalizing Northeastern
Folk Traditions
 Northeastern themes and songs
adapted for Rio de Janeiro (1910s)
 Côco and Embolada (1920s-30s)
 Luiz Gonzaga and the Baião (1940s50s)
Catulo da Paixão Cearense
(1863-1946)
 Reformer of the modinha
 Stylized adaptations of Northeastern
folk music traditions
 Romantic visions of the Sertão
 “Luar do Sertão”
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João Pernambuco
(1863-1946)
 Guitarist in Rio de Janeiro
 Partner with Catulo da Paixão
Cearense
 Member of Os Oito Batutas
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Pixinguinha and Os Oito
Batutas
 Brazil’s most influential music group
of the 1920s
 Trips to collect folk music from the
Northeast
 Northeastern influence in repertoire
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Côco and Embolada
(1920s-1930s)
 Northeastern musicians in Rio de
Janeiro
 Regional Combos
 Manezinho Araújo
Luiz Gonzaga
(1912-1989)
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Born in Pernambuco
Moved to Rio de Janeiro (1930s)
Radio Programs (1930s-1950s)
Hit Recordings (1940s-1950s)
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Baião and
Música Nordestina
 Instruments: Zabumba, Accordion,
Triangle
 Modal Scales
 Syncopated rhythmic figure
 Lyrics focus on northeastern life
experiences
Accordion Trio Format
Triangle
Zabumba
Jackson do Pandeiro
(1919-1982)
 Singer and pandeiro player
 Mixed northeastern sound with urban
samba
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