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Tropicália, also known as Tropicalismo, is a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s and encompassed theatre, poetry, and music, among other forms. Tropicália was influenced by poesia concreta, a genre of Brazilian avant-garde poetry embodied in the works of Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos, and Décio Pignatari, among a few others. Poesia concreta is Portuguese for Concrete poetry, an Avant-garde movement that came on the 1950s initially in Music, but later in Poetry Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Augusto de Campos (born 1931) is a Brazilian writer who (with his brother Haroldo de Campos) was a founder of the Concrete poetry movement in Brazil Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003 was a Brazilian poet and translator [1]

Tropicália is associated almost exclusively with the movement's musical expression, both in Brazil and internationally; a form of Brazilian music that arose in the late 1960s from a mélange of bossa nova, rock and roll, Bahian folk music, African music, and Portuguese fado. The Music of Brazil encompasses various regional Music styles influenced by African European and Amerindian forms Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Bahia (baˈia is one of the 26 States of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's many regions, nations and Ethnic groups Although there is no distinctly pan-African FADO - False and Authentic Documents Online A computerised image-archiving system to help combat illegal immigration and organised crime ACT Council Joint Action 98/700/JHA

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Beginnings

Tropicália was not only a musical movement at its inception. It also took form in the visual arts scene of 1960s Brazil, by the hands of the artists Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Rogério Duprat, and Antonio Dias. Hélio Oiticica ( July 26, 1937 – March 22, 1980) was a Brazilian painter, sculptor and Performance Lygia Clark ( Belo Horizonte, October 23, 1920 &ndash Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 1988) was a Brazilian Artist Rogério Duprat ( 7 February 1932 - 26 October 2006) was a Brazilian composer and musician Antônio Dias is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The name Tropicália came from a Hélio Oiticica art installation of the same name. It is important to note that one of the cultural constructs of the Tropicália movement was antropofagia, or the cultural and musical cannibalism of all societies, taking in influences from all types of genres and concocting something unique. The concept of antropofagia, as embraced by the Tropicália movement, was created by poet Oswald de Andrade in his 1928 Manifesto Antropófago (Cannibal Manifesto). José Oswald de Andrade Souza ( January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian Poet and Polemicist The Manifesto Antropófago ( Cannibal Manifesto in English was published in 1928 by the Brazilian Poet and Polemicist Oswald de Andrade

Owing its roots to musical tolerance and innovation, the arrival of Tropicália on the Brazilian music scene began in the 1960s. Although short-lived due to the popularity of the national music trend at the moment, bossa nova, the Tropicália movement would be honored later in 1985 when its 25 year legacy and Brazil's return to a democratic government coincided. Bossa nova ( is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and João Gilberto. Two of the many pioneers of the genre, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, released the CD Tropicália 2 in 1993 for this purpose. Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (born August 7, 1942) better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Composer, Singer, Guitarist Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26 1942 better known as Gilberto Gil (ʒiu̯berto ʒiu̯ is a Brazilian singer Guitarist, and songwriter [2]</ref>

Now many years since its inception, Tropicália and its pioneers continue to be cited by Brazilian musicians as sources of musical creativity and inspiration.

Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis

The 1968 collaboration album Tropicália: ou Panis et Circenses is considered the musical manifesto of the movement. Tropicália ou Panis et Circenses ( Latin for Bread and circuses) is a collaboration album by artists including Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are considered the leaders of the movement. Veloso, Gil, and other artists commonly associated with the movement, notably Os Mutantes, have experimented with unusual time signatures and other means of unorthodox song structures. Os Mutantes (uz muˈtɐ̃tʃis The Mutants are an influential Brazilian Psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement The time signature (also known as " meter signature" is a notational convention used in Western Musical notation to specify how many beats Many Tropicália artists were driven by socially aware lyrics and political activism following the coup of 1964, much like its contemporary Brazilian film movement, Cinema Novo. Activism, in a general sense can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état was a Coup d'état held against President João Goulart by the Brazilian military on the night of This article is on the Brazilian film movement For the Portuguese movement see Cinema of Portugal. The movement only lasted consistently for a few years, and, in part, is responsible for what is now known as Música Popular Brasileira (Brazilian Popular Music), or MPB. Música Popular Brasileira, or MPB, literally "Brazilian Popular Music" designates a trend in post- Bossa Nova urban popular music After 20 years of struggle for freedom of expression and artistic censorship, Brazil witnessed an unprecedented development in popular music when military rule ended in 1985 "with the election of a civilian president. "[3] To celebrate their 25 years of existence, the tropicalistas "launched their CD Tropicalia 2 in 1993 as sort of nostalgic remembrance" of their earlier experiments. [2]

"Haiti", for example, received the most attention from listeners because of its very powerful and provocative lyrics about the social issues in both Haiti and Brazil. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The mention of these very serious “contemporary sociopolitical issues (such as) poverty related to ethnicity (and the ambiguity of racial identity), police and military brutality, politicians and church officials defending the values of capital punishment and anti-abortion, collective murder of homeless children, the AIDS epidemics, etc. "[2] caused the incarceration of two of Tropicalismo's founders, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (born August 7, 1942) better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Composer, Singer, Guitarist Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26 1942 better known as Gilberto Gil (ʒiu̯berto ʒiu̯ is a Brazilian singer Guitarist, and songwriter Because of the political lyrics, and acknowledgement of the struggle of the impoverished in Haiti and Brazil, "Brazil's military government labeled the musicians a political threat and a decadent influence who will corrupt Brazilian youth. "[3] Although Gil and Veloso were exiled from Brazil for four years, they were eventually able to begin rebuilding their careers in 1974. "Others in the Tropicalismo movement were less fortunate; several underwent torture or were forced into 'psychiatric care. ' One tropicalisto, the lyricist and poet Torquato Neto, committed suicide after such treatment. Torquato Pereira de Araújo Neto (1944-1972 was a Brazilian journalist and poet "[3] Tropicália as a movement ended in 1969 when its leaders, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, were jailed for about a month and, shortly after their release, exiled by the military government. Military government can refer to conditions under either Military occupation, or Military dictatorship Military (They relocated to London until 1972. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. )

Today

Although it attained little commercial success outside of Brazil, Tropicalismo and its associated artists have a growing popularity,[4] and has been cited as an influence by rock musicians such as David Byrne, Beck, Kurt Cobain, Arto Lindsay, Devendra Banhart, Of Montreal and Nelly Furtado. Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953, Richmond, Virginia) is an American Guitarist, Singer, record producer and experimental Devendra Banhart (born May 30 1981) is a Venezuelan - American Folk rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. Of Montreal (officially capitalized " of Montreal " is an American Indie pop band formed in Athens Georgia. Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978 is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, record producer actor and instrumentalist, who also holds Portuguese In 1998 Beck released Mutations, the title of which is a tribute to Tropicalismo pioneers Os Mutantes. Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason Mutations is the third major-label studio album by Beck, released in 1998 Its hit single, "Tropicalia", went as high as number 21 on the Billboard Modern Rock singles chart. " Tropicalia " is a song by Beck, from the 1998 album Mutations. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry

In 2002 Caetano Veloso published an account of the Tropicália movement, Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil. The 1999 compilation Tropicália Essentials, featuring songs by Gil, Veloso, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, and Os Mutantes, is an introduction to the style. Gal Costa (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos on September 26, 1945 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) is a popular Tom Zé (born Antônio José Santana Martins, 11 October 1936 in Irará Bahia, Brazil) is a Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist Other compilations include Tropicalia: Millennium (1999), Tropicalia: Gold (2002), and Novo Millennium: Tropicalia (2005). Yet another compilation, Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound, was released to acclaim in 2006. [5] This latter compilation, however, is problematic in its definition of Tropicália, since it includes Jorge Ben and tracks from the third Os Mutantes album, released in 1970. Jorge Ben Jor (born March 22, 1942 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian popular musician

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Perrone, Charles. Poesia Concreta e Tropicalismo (Microsoft Word document) (Portuguese) p. 1. Universidad de Chile. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  2. ^ a b c Béhague, Gerard (Spring/Summer 2006). "Rap, Reggae, Rock, or Samba: The Local and the Global in Brazilian Popular Music (1985–95)". Latin American Music Review 27 (1): pp. 79–90.  
  3. ^ a b c Staff (2000). Brazilian Tropicalia. Culture Shock. WGBH. For the radio station specifically see WGBH (FM. WGBH is a non-commercial Television and Radio broadcast service located in Boston Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  4. ^ DiCrescenzo, Brent. Everything is Possible: The Best of Os Mutantes. Pitchfork Media. Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
  5. ^ Staff. Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound. Metacritic. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. Retrieved on 2008-05-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

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