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    Choro uses instruments such as the mandolin, flute, 7-string guitar, pandeiro, cavaquinho, and clarinet

    Brazil’s Chorinho Music Now Belongs to the Country’s Cultural Heritage

    Choro, a genuinely Brazilian musical genre, also known as chorinho, has been declared a ...

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    Daniella Almeida
    Brazilian singer Elza Soares was often referred to as the Brazilian Tina Turner

    Elza Soares: Brazil’s Voice of the Millennium Goes Silent

    Elza Soares, one of the most revered singers in Brazilian samba music, died at ...

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    Brazzil Magazine

    For a Time, Brazil’s Samba Was a Weapon Against the Dictatorship

    As the world gets into the Carnaval spirit, we look at how Brazilian music ...

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    Newsroom

    Brazil’s Samba Clubs Learn How to Draw Tourist Crowds

    São Paulo state Carnaval samba schools have managed to increase their profits and to ...

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    Marina Sarruf

    Brazil’s Emissary of Samba

    Samba brings instantaneous images of Rio’s world-famous Carnaval, of fabulously decorated floats, enormous drum ...

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    Bruce Gilman

    Magic Marcos

    Marcos Sacramento is creating new samba hybrids. Marcos Sacramento is breathing new life into ...

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    Daniella Thompson