Lusophone music

accolade by The Latin Recording Academy for music in Spanish and Portuguese language

collective term for the dances, rhythms and styles of music from Latin America

Frevo is a dance and musical style originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, traditionally associated with Brazilian Carnival. The word frevo is said to come from frever, a variant of the Portuguese word ferver (to boil). It is said that the sound of the frevo will make listeners and dancers feel as if they are boiling on the ground. The word frevo is used for both the frevo music and the frevo dance.

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right|thumb|upright|Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado|Joaquim Callado (1848-1880), considered one of the creators of the choro genre Choro (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called chorinho ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a fast and happy rhythm. It is characterized by virtuosity, improvisation and subtle modulations, and is full of syncopation and counterpoint. Choro is considered the first characteristically Brazilian genre of urban popular music. The se

music genre that had its origins in the countryside of Brazil in the 1920s

award for achievements in Brazilian music

Brazilian music award