| Contents |
Introduction. Culture of imitation ; A new world empire -- Imperial Rio de Janeiro musical milieu. Via Paris ; Brilliant immigrants ; The magic mirror ; The theater ; Concerts ; Too much to do -- Embracing opera. A tale of Isoldes and Otellos ; A place to see and be seen ; Italian opera via Paris ; A local tradition ; Competing crazes ; Paying for opera ; Operatic subculture -- Music for the elite. A special mystique ; Club Mozart ; Club Beethoven ; A dream comes true ; Imported music criticism -- Music, satire, and politics. An international musical phenomenon ; The infernal dance ; The final number ; The operetta model ; Musical reviews ; The politics of representation -- The national, the European, the local, and the foreign. Foreign music as a national symbol ; Imported musical nationalism ; Exotic national music ; Singing in Portuguese ; A flexible border. |
| Abstract |
This book is a look at how European culture, particularly European music, affected the social and cultural experiences of the residents of nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro. The focus is on how Cariocas (residents of Rio de Janeiro) responded to and often imitated different musical styles imported from Europe. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004004745 |
| ISBN | 0810850257 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
