Music and politics in the emergence of Bossa Nova

Authors

  • Tomás Andrés Frère Affanni University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Keywords:

Aesthetics, Politics, Bossa Nova

Abstract

This article focuses on the analysis of Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto’s LP Chega de saudade, released in 1959. I will analyze, on one hand, formal issues such as rhythm, harmonic and melodic construction, Gilberto’s voice, and every aesthetic innovation that LP brought about. On the other hand, and through a contextualization of those years’ political discussions, the article will face a very important problem regarding Twentieth Century Popular Music: the link between aesthetics and politics. In order to think how popular music could be related to Politics, this work takes as a starting point the aesthetic renewal that Bossa Nova brought about, and the voices that arose against it, accusing it of being «reactionary», «music for the bourgeoisie», etc.

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Author Biography

Tomás Andrés Frère Affanni , University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

He holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires. He is currently in the process of evaluating his PhD project "The link between aesthetics and politics in Argentine music of the twentieth century". He teaches at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires (Music and philosophy, approaches to a problematic relationship). Since 2008 he is editor and publisher of the magazine Amartillazos. Magazine of philosophy, aesthetics and politics, and has collaborated with articles in various publications in the musical field.

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Published

2014-06-13

How to Cite

Affanni , Tomás Andrés Frère. 2014. “Music and Politics in the Emergence of Bossa Nova”. Per Musi, no. 29 (June):1-7. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/39696.

Issue

No. 29 (2014): General Topics

Section

Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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