MUS 246 - Music of Brazil

Instructor
Botelho

A survey of cultivated and vernacular traditions of Brazilian music from colonial times to the present. Topics include: sacred and secular colonial music, the barroco mineiro, nationalism, the avant-garde, samba, bossa nova, MPB, candomblé, jazz, tropical rock, and rap.

Prerequisites & Notes
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement. (Normally offered in alternate years, Spring.)