José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, figlio di un giudice e di una professoressa di scuola primaria, nacque ad Aveiro il 2 Agosto 1929 e passò i primi anni della sua vita tra la terra natale, l’Angola ed il Mozambico.
FROM COIMBRA TO THE ALENTEJO: MUSIC, SOCIETY AND FREEDOM IN
PORTUGAL DURING THE SALAZAR REGIME
Contains Italian and English translations of socially and
politically engaged song
CONTENTS:
1) The renewal
of Coimbra Fado and the genesis of new Portuguese music
2) Music,
freedom and society: the Carnation Revolution
3) The Ancient
Origins of Colonialism
4) Grândola,
Vila Morena
5) Arthur and
Carlos Paredes: The Fado of Coimbra
6) Adriano
Correia de Oliveira
7) José (Zeca)
Afonso
8) The concept
of socially and politically engaged song
9) Song through
the centuries and its resistance to authority
10) Workers’ Fado
and its social dimension
11) Traditional
Alentejo Song
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