Lundo: brought by Congo and Angola in 1780, was one of the embryonic elements that composed the future Samba.

Modinha: arrived in 1750 from Portugal with melodic, romantic and dramatic aspects.

These were the first styles that appeared in Brazil, marked by the huge influence of foreign rhythms: European religious songs and African rhythms were the first musical notes heard in Brazil after the decimating of the Indians, letting their music and culture fall into oblivion. In the colonial period, Portuguese influence – through colonizers, and followed by Africans transported by slave ship – arrived in Brazilian lands. The singer's compliment to Brazilian music is very linked to the different and diverse origins from which the national music was born.ĭuring its history, the country had seen so many people, languages, nationalities and ethnicities manifesting and establishing themselves in this territory that it isn't any surprise that Brazilian music was influenced by this wave of immigration. The Foreign Influence X National StyleĬaetano's song couldn't be more accurate when describing Brazil as a country with an abnormal musical taste. The country – as the Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso has sung – 'it's an absurd/ might be an absurd/ So far so good/ not bad/ Brazil is an absurd/ But he's not deaf/ Brazil has a musical ear/ That is not normal'. Girl from Ipanema, may have rocked generations worldwide, but despite it's success Bossa Nova and Samba aren't the only musical styles derived from Brazil. It was sung by a lot of international artists such as Frank Sinatra, Cher, Madonna and Amy Winehouse and it's still listened to nowadays. The song is the second most listened to in the whole world and was translated into English with the name of The Girl from Ipanema.

The large range of diversity can be also perceived in music.īossa Nova is worldwide recognized as a Brazilian music style, mainly due to Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Morae's song: Garota de Ipanema. Brazil is known worldwide by its diversity, reflected in culture, society and religion.

Samba music artists