Gaucho musical regionalism

This article focuses on the processes of musical creation and circulation of popular music within a regional revivalist movement in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The movement emerged in the 1970s, anchored in a secular ritual form: the festivals and song competitions of música n...

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Published in:British journal of ethnomusicology 2000-01, Vol.9 (1), p.41-60
Main Author: Lucas, Maria Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1970s
Argentina
Artistic movements
Audiences
Brazilian music
Cattle
Composers
Cultural Identity
Ethnomusicology
Festivals
Gauchos
Identity
Music
Music and Society
Music Competitions
Music criticism
Music Critics
Music Festivals
Music in Ritual
Music Trends
Musical aesthetics
Musical Cultures
Musical expression
Nativism
Popular music
Regional identity
Regionalism
Revivalist Movement
Revivals
Social Identity
Songwriters
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Summary:This article focuses on the processes of musical creation and circulation of popular music within a regional revivalist movement in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The movement emerged in the 1970s, anchored in a secular ritual form: the festivals and song competitions of música nativista gaúcha (gaucho nativist music). Taking an ethnographic perspective, it examines the ways in which participants - songwriters, composers, music critics, audience members - discuss the major changes and trends in the movement, and looks at how a cluster of signs - aural, verbal, visual -associated with pampa pastoralism and the historical figure of the gaucho-peon are deployed by participants in their attempts to forge a regional identity suitable to the negotiation of a socio-musical position beyond local cultural boundaries.
ISSN:0968-1221
1741-1912
1741-1920
DOI:10.1080/09681220008567291