Review of the book

Carmen by Ruy Castro, a multimedia artist on disc

Authors

  • Carlos Palombini Federal University of Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55385

Keywords:

Brazilian Popular Music, samba, phonographic industry, historiography

Abstract

Carmen: A Biography by Ruy Castro was released by Companhia das Letras at the end of November 2005 and was already in its first reprint by early January 2006. The author is a journalist and translator, with nine original works published by Companhia; among them, two books about bossa nova (A Onda que se Erguer no Mar, 2001, and Chega de Saudade, 1990) and two biographies, one of Garrincha (Estrela Solitária, 1995) and another of Nelson Rodrigues (O Anjo Pornográfico, 1992).

Author Biography

  • Carlos Palombini, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Carlos Palombini is an associate professor of Musicology at the School of Music of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, where he directs the Center for Research in Contemporary Music. His articles and reviews appear in the journals Computer Music Journal, Music and Letters, Leonardo, Organised Sound, Synteesi, Echo, Ethnomusicology On-Line, eContact!, Revista Eletrônica de Musicologia, Per Musi, etc., as well as in the anthologies by Larry Sitsky, Music of the Twentieth Century Avant-Garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook (Westport and London: Greenwood, 2002) and by Eduardo Miranda, Música y Nuevas Tecnologías: Perspectivas para el Siglo XXI (Barcelona: L’Angelot, 1999).

References

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BRITO, Dulce Damasceno de. 1986. O ABC de Carmen Miranda. São Paulo: Companhia Editora Nacional.

CASTRO, Ruy. 2006. Comunicação pessoal escrita de 14 de janeiro.

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GARCIA, Tânia da Costa. 2004. O “it verde e amarelo” de Carmen Miranda (1930–1946). São Paulo: Annablume e FAPESP.

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MENDONÇA, Ana Rita. 1999. Carmen Miranda foi a Washington. Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo: Record.

PÊRA, Marília e CASTRO, Ruy. 2006. “Irmãos por parte de Carmen: Marília Pêra entrevista Ruy Castro”. O globo: segundo caderno. Rio de Janeiro: 28 de janeiro, p.1–2.

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Published

2006-01-01

Issue

No. 13 (2006): General Topics

Section

Book Reviews

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“Review of the Book: Carmen by Ruy Castro, a Multimedia Artist on Disc”. 2006. Per Musi, no. 13 (January): 112-19. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55385.