Nordeste: Cordel, Repente E Canção (1975)

Nordeste: Cordel, Repente E Canção

19751h 8m
DocumentaryMusic
7.0 / 10(10)

Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.

Runtime
1h 8m
Released
1975

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Release year: 1975

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Documentary about popular art manifestations in Northeast Brazil: the "cordel" literature (popular literature, small stories sold in markets); "repente", kind of musical challenge between two singers, who have to improvise the verses, in strict rhyme; and the interaction between these and local popular song.

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