Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; assigned listening, 1 hour
Catalog page 353
Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Introduces the music of Brazil, focusing on the history and the current variety of musical lan- guages, styles, and forms of the present. Analyzes the crucial question of national identity in Brazilian culture and society through the study of its music.