Chapter 12 - South America and Mexico

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Chapter 12 introduces the music and associated cultural activities from South America and Mexico. Ancient traditions, such as those associated with the Amazonian indigenous groups and the sikuri (panpipe) ensembles from descendants of the Inca populations, contrast with more modern styles, such as tango, samba, and mariachi. The global celebration of Carnival, which is most famous in its Brazilian manifestation, is highlighted in a feature box. The Brazilian martial art, known as capoeira, and its associated music is also introduced.

Key Terms

  • Agogo
  • Atabaques
  • Aztec
  • Bairro
  • Bandoneon
  • Berimbau
  • Bombos (also Surdo)
  • Caixa
  • Cajas
  • Carnival
  • Charro
  • Compé
  • Cuíca
  • Escolas de samba
  • Favela
  • Ginga (also Jenga)
  • Guitarrón
  • Hocket
  • Inca
  • Mariachi
  • Maya
  • Mestizo
  • Mestre
  • Mulatto
  • Pandeiros
  • Porteños
  • Ranchera
  • Rêco-rêco
  • Roda
  • Samba
  • Samba canção
  • Samba-baiana
  • Samba-carnavalesco
  • Samba-enredo
  • Samba-reggae
  • Sambistas
  • Siku
  • Sikuri
  • Son jalisciense
  • Tango
  • Vihuela

Flashcards

Practice Quiz

On Your Own Time Links

Links and Further Resources

The Amazon Rainforest


Book:
Olsen, Dale. Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1996.
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=OLSENS96
Book:
Seeger, Anthony. Why Suyá Sing: A Musical Anthropology of an Amazonian People. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2004.
http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/74ncw8sx9780252072024.html
DVD:
Children of the Amazon. Dir. Denise Zmekhol. ZD Films, 2010.
http://www.childrenoftheamazon.com/
Popular Artists of the Amazon Region:
Marlui Miranda
Mawaca

Peru


Book:
Mendoza, Zoila. Shaping Society through Dance: Mestizo Ritual Performance in the Peruvian Andes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo3641137.html
Book:
Olsen, Dale. Music of El Dorado: The Ethnomusicology of Ancient South American Cultures. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2002.
http://www.upf.com/book.asp?id=OLSENS02
Book:
Turino, Thomas. Moving Away from Silence: Music of the Peruvian Altiplano and the Experience of Urban Migration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3643710.html
Website:
The Incas
http://incas.homestead.com/
Website:
Music from the Andes
http://boleadora.com/andes.htm
Popular Artists of the Andes:
Los Kjarkas
Los Incas
Illapu
Quilapayún
Rumillajta
Savia Andina

Argentina


Book:
Denniston, Christine. The Meaning of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance. Anova Books, 2008.
http://www.history-of-tango.com/history-of-tango-dance.html
Website:
Argentina-Tango
http://www.argentina-tango.com/index.htm
Website:
Ástor Piazzolla
http://www.piazzolla.org/
Website:
Tango Argentino de Tejas
http://www.tejastango.com/
Popular Artists of Argentina:
Carlos Gardel
Tanghetto
Carlos Libedinsky
Gotan Project
Bajofondo

Brazil


Audio:
Capoeira Angola from Salvador, Brazil. Smithsonian-Folkways: SFW40465, 1996.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/capoeira-angola-from-salvador/id82059632
Book:
Browning, Barbara. Samba: Resistance in Motion. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996.
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=21462
Book:
Talmon-Chvaicer, Maya. The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2007.
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/talhid.html
DVD:
Favela Rising. Dir. Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist. Magnolia Pictures, 2009.
http://www.favelarising.com/
Website:
Grupo Nzinga de Capoeira Angola (Portuguese)
http://nzinga.org.br/pt-br
Website:
Top 10 Carnival Festivals of the World
http://www.festivalpig.com/Carnivals-of-the-World-Top-10.html
Website:
Virtual Capoeira
http://www.virtualcapoeira.com/
Popular Artists of Brazil:
Gilberto Gil
Caetano Veloso
Margareth Menezes
Daniela Mercury
Olodum
Clara Nunes
Chico Buarque
Ivete Sangalo
Virginia Rodrigues
Marisa Monte

Mexico


Book:
Sheehy, Daniel. Mariachi Music in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Music/WorldMusicEthnomusicology/?view=usa&ci=9780195141467
Website:
Mariachi 4 U
http://www.mariachi4u.com/
Website:
Mariachi.org
http://www.mariachi.org/
Popular Artists of Mexico:
Carlos Santana
Selena
Ritchie Valens
José Alfredo Jiménez
Vargas de Tecalitlán
Banda Machos
Pepe Aguilar
Banda el Recodo
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón
Tito Guízar
Molotov