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Choro
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre
Choro · Around 1870 the flautist Joaquim Callado in Rio de Janeiro played European dances such as the polka, the waltz and the schottische with a small group of flute, two guitars and a cavaquinho, but in a Brazilian way, with rhythms from the Afro-Brazilian lundu. Only Callado could read music; the others improvised the accompaniment. This is how the choro came about, instrumental music full of virtuoso runs and unexpected turns. Pixinguinha later made an art of it, and choro became a root of samba.
Listening
Listening tip. In Um a Zero, Benedito Lacerda plays the melody on flute and Pixinguinha a second line on tenor saxophone. Hear how those two lines converse with each other.
Um a Zero · Pixinguinha & Benedito Lacerda, 1946
A Flor Amorosa (Joaquim Callado) · Altamiro Carrilho, 1880
Noites Cariocas · Jacob do Bandolim, 1957
See also
- Chiquinha Gonzaga
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Pixinguinha & Benedito Lacerda
- Altamiro Carrilho
- Jacob do Bandolim
- Romanticism
- West African music traditions
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