Living from music in Salvador : professional musicians and the capital of Afro-Brazil / Jeff Packman.

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"Ethnography on working musicians, musical production, and labor in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Explores the concept of musical labor in relation to conditions of race and class"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Music/culture.
Main Author: Packman, Jeff (Jeff Loren), 1964- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2021]
Series:Music/culture.
Subjects:
Music > Social aspects > Brazil > Salvador.
Musicians > Brazil > Salvador > Economic conditions.
Music trade > Brazil > Salvador.
Music > Social aspects.
Music trade.
Musicians > Economic conditions.
Brazil > Salvador.
Physical Description:xviii, 290 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. Mystique, myths, and materialities of professional music making and Bahia
  • Sounds and circuits of musical work in the Salvador scenes
  • Musical work nexuses and working to work
  • Tactical affiliations and performances of musicians' selves
  • Performance preparation and behind-the-scenes performances
  • Staging and sounding live performances
  • Closing set. Livings, living from music, music for a lifetime.