Detailed context on the year's most successful songs, composers, and lyrics.
This work is frequently cited in research papers for its rigorous classification of songs. Each year is analyzed through five specific lenses: A canção no tempo 85 anos de músicas brasileira...
Covers the origins from modinhas and lundus to the "Golden Age" of radio and early Bossa Nova. Detailed context on the year's most successful songs,
Tracks the modernization of MPB, the rise of rock, and the political contestation of the 1960s and 70s. Academic Relevance for Papers the rise of rock