Música sertaneja and migrant identity

The stylistic development of a Brazilian genre

Bibliographic Data

ID4304396
AuthorsSuzel Ana Reily, Suzel Reily (0000-0002-3352-9379, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume11
Issue3
Pages337-358
Publication date1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopular Music (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0261143000005183
OpenAlexW2130241284
LanguageCA
Citations received9
References cited3

Música sertaneja could be considered the Brazilian counterpart to American 'country' music. What defines the genre is not its rhythmic patterns, which vary considerably, but a performance style involving duplas (duos) singing in parallel thirds to the accompaniment of a guitar and a viola. Having developed out of southeastern traditional genres, it is the popular musical style that most appeals to migrants from these regions now living in the industrial centres of Greater São Paulo. Although today música sertaneja is primarily an urban phenomenon, the style also reaches audiences throughout the rural areas of central and southeastern Brazil

Acoustics · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Geography · Guitar · Identity (music · Musical · Popular music · Rhythm · Singing · Style (visual arts · Viola · Violin · Visual arts · Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Urban and sociocultural dynamics

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