The Generals of the Band: Music and the Black Diaspora in the Carioca Artistic Scene

The present article analyzes the career trajectories and songs from the repertoires of three popular musicians of the first half of the 20th Century. These are Patricio Teixeira (1893-1972), a radio singer; Getúlio Marinho (1889-1964), considered to be the first person to record macumba rhythms on a...

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Published in:Studia religiologica
Authors: Vieira, Caroline Moreira (Author) ; Nogueira, Farlen de Jesus (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wydawn. Uniw. Jagiellońskiego 2018
In: Studia religiologica
Year: 2018, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 233-246
Further subjects:B muzycy
B religijność afrykańsko-brazylijska
B czarny diaspora
B Black diaspora
B Musicians
B African-Brazilian religiosities
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Summary:The present article analyzes the career trajectories and songs from the repertoires of three popular musicians of the first half of the 20th Century. These are Patricio Teixeira (1893-1972), a radio singer; Getúlio Marinho (1889-1964), considered to be the first person to record macumba rhythms on a commercial album; and Tancredo da Silva Pinto (1904-1979), whose song “General da Banda” (General of the Band) is symbolically linked to Ogum. Each of these singers and songwriters, in his own way, sought to divulge elements of African-Brazilian rituals and religious practices in his music. Their artistic performances allow us to conclude that religion inspired some of their musical production, marking out the presence of the sacred in their professional activities and contributing to the social circulation of African-Brazilian symbologies.
ISSN:2084-4077
Contains:Enthalten in: Studia religiologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4467/20844077SR.18.017.10101