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Frevo Pernambucos Carnival Music
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The Term Frevo Related to the verb ferver (to boil over) Vernacular slang for the exuberance of carnival revelers in Recife 1907: term frevo first appears in print
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Timeline of the Frevo 1800sEuropean marching band and Afro- Brazilian capoeira mix 1880s Pedestrian Carnival Clubes, marcha-frevo, fanfarras develop 1920sBlocos Carnavalescos, Marcha de Bloco 1930sFrevos recorded by orchestras and broadcast in Brazils music industry 1950sFirst recording studio in Recife opens (Rozenblit) 1960sModern frevo orquestra develops
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Military and Civic Bands in Nineteenth-Century Brazil National impact cutting across region, social class, race Bandmasters and European-style musical literacy Civic Bands and cultural cosmopolitanism Rivalry and Competition
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Contexts of Marching Band Performance Community-wide religious processions Elite masquerade balls during Carnival time Civic parades and functions of state
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Pernambuco Bands Strong tradition of Rivalry Capoeira groups and enthusiastic fans
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CapoeiraCapoeira Afro-Brazilian resistance in colonial times 19th-century urban street culture Link to Bands in Pernambuco WebPage
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Roda de Capoeira WebPage
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Passistas Frevo Dancers YouTube
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Frevo de Rua Instrumental frevo Played by fanfarra (marching bands) during Carnival Two-part structure Syncopated melodic lines
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Capitão Zuzinha José Lourenço da Silva (1889-1952)
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Fanfarras Early 1900s Requinta/Clarinet Trumpet Two Trombones Two Horns Two Tubas Bombardino Snare, Surdo
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Expanded Fanfarras 1910-1920s Additional trombones Pandeiro added
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Blocos Carnavalescos 1920s Middle-class Family Oriented Coral Feminino Orquestra de Pau e Corda YouTube
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Coral Feminino
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Orquestra de Pau e Corda Clarinet Flute Saxophone Trumpet Guitar Cavaquinho Mandolin Banjo
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Frevo and Brazils Popular Music Industry 1930s and 1940s –Frevos recorded in Rio de Janeiro –PRA-8 Radio Orchestra in Recife under direction of Nelson Ferreira 1950s Discos Rozenblit opens in Recife 1960s Modern orchestras
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Recorded Frevos Frevo –Two-part instrumental frevo based on the frevo de rua –Performed by a frevo orchestra Frevo-canção –Solo song frevo sung by popular singer –Accompanied by a frevo orchestra Frevo de bloco –Marcha de bloco song sung by a coral feminino –Accompanied by an orchestra de pau e corda
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Orquestra de Frevo Radio and society orchestras from Recife 1920s-1950s –Added saxophones –Upright bass and piano often added –Accompanied popular singers Modern Frevo Orchestra (1960s-present) –Added electric bass –Added drum set
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José Menezes Early band experience (1930s) Jazz Band Acadêmica (1940s) PRA-8 Radio Orchestra under Nelson Ferreira (1950s) TV Radio Club Musical Director and Bandleader (1960s-present)
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José Menezes
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Orquestra de Frevo de José Menezes
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