Luiz Moretto

Fiddles in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Cultures

Transatlantic Aesthetics

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Produktbeschreibung

Fiddles in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Cultures presents fresh data and debates drawn from extensive research to broaden the study of African music by focusing on fiddle playing, exploring rhythm aesthetics and tonal systems within cultural contexts. Focused on Cape Verde, Mozambique and Brazil, the research maps cultural affiliations, addressing cultural displacement and historical ties. It engages with post-colonial power dynamics, highlighting fiddle playing as a form of resistance and revival.

Primarily aimed at academic researchers in ethnomusicology and related fields, the book provides detailed analytical descriptions and narratives of artists, instruments and playing styles. It contributes to discussions on music, decolonisation and diasporic communities' demands for authenticity and recognition. By revealing lesser-known fiddle traditions, it enriches the world music genre, attracting both academic and general readers interested in transcultural music studies.

Produktdetails

• SOAS Studies in Music
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032774565
• ISBN-10: 1032774568
• Artikelnr.: 70600666

Autorenporträt

Dr Luiz Moretto holds an honors degree in music from Santa Catarina State University and a doctorate in ethnomusicology from King's College London. He is a professional fiddle player and composer whose performances and recordings encompass various styles of African and Brazilian music, subjects that have been the focus of his research over many years. Personal website: www.luizmoretto.com

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Mapping Afro-Fiddle Playing in Three Different Contexts
Busking in Lisbon First beatsUpbeat down-bow: musical identitiesAfrican
musical aesthetics? Perception, the 'sensuous' and improvisationRhythm as a
diasporic reinvention Approaching the fieldworkFiddles in transit2 The
Kriolu Violin of Cape VerdeThe archipelago at the Atlantic crossroads
Transnational culturesThe violin in Cape Verde
Antoninho Travadinha - the improviserResearch in the Ilhas do Sotavento
(Santiago)
Kim Alves
Nhô Djonzinho Alves
Nhô NaniResearch in the Ilhas do Barlavento
Francisco Sequeira (archivist) and Malaquias Costa (violinist)
César Costa
Nhô Kzik
Breka ('The Tall Man')Kriolu violin playing: a dynamic tradition3 The
Cimboa in Cape VerdeRumours of extinction A Fulbe heritage? The cimboa in
batukuThe rhythm of cimboa music
Mano Mendi and Pascoal Fernandes
Ntóni Denti d'OroTranscultural revivals4 The Cimboa Becomes the Orocongo
The transformation of the cimboa in Brazil
Gentil do OrocongoThe orocongo, the rhizome and 'creative creolisation' 5
Vanished Fiddles: Vestiges of Mozambique in BrazilInvestigating historical
traces Fiddle paintings Across the 'emaka' (ocean): the journey from east
to westThe disappearance of the one-stringed fiddle 6 The Tchakare in
MozambiqueThe Makua people
On the way to Niassa
The Makua tchakare and tchkwèsa
Between Mandimba and Mitande
Nfani Wathunia
A traditional Makua village
Almirante Bilale The Makua tchakare and a nationalist agenda
7 The Rabeca in a Brazilian Quilombo
Quilombola culture: resistance, identity and ethnic reassertion
Vale do Ribeira
Quilombos: cultural heritage and the struggle for recognition
Caiçaras, quilombos and music
Rabeca players in Quilombo do Morro Seco
Bonifácio Modesto Pereira
The fandango-rufado
The role of the rabeca
Hermes Modesto Pereira
Music and religion
Musical and social change
8 Conclusion: Creolisation and the Revival of Fiddle Traditions
The fiddle and the African diaspora
The Kriolu violin: local and overseas circuits, transnational identities
One-stringed fiddle connections
Fiddling in a quilombo: land, memory and identity
Unperceived aesthetics and disappearing traditions
Glossary of Terms