英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—15（在线收听） |
After Luiz Gonzaga died in 1989, a statue was erected just outside Recife, the capital of his home state, Pernambuco. It marks the start of the Luiz Gonzaga Highway. Gonzaga had reminded Brazil’s city dwellers of the depth of music that exists out in the countryside, and shown that music was as important for the outlying regions as it was for Rio as a way of expressing their views and problems. And with Forro, there had been no attempt by the government to control the music. Gonzaga led the way for other northeasterners, like Jackson do Pandeiro, an exponent of another Afro-Brazilian rhythm, Coco, and best known for Chiclete Com Banana, bubblegum and bananas that poked fun at the American lack of understanding of Brazilian music.
Getulio Vargas, the president who strengthened Brazil’s links with America, while championing samba as a way of promoting a new national identity, died while still in office in 1954. He shot himself in the heart after demands for his resignation following a corruption scandal in his government, less than a year later, another funeral for Carmen Miranda who died in Hollywood, aged just 46. Her body was flown to Rio, where a million people followed her coffin. |
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