Bossa nova
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Bossa nova is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicki
Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell at the Teatro da Praia
Jarkko Toivonen performing in 1993
Samba
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Samba is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th ce
Bossa nova
…Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a relaxed style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle…
Os Originais do Samba (1972)
"Batuque" (1835), a painting by Johann Moritz Rugendas
Hilário Jovino Ferreira founded the first carnival rancho in Rio.
Donga recorded "Pelo Telefone", considered the founding landmark of samba.