Timeline
Discussion Questions
Digital Resources
Discussion Questions
- Why were some songs able to avoid censorship while others were banned?
- What does the censorship of music have in common with that of other mediums?
- How might a musician be able to distribute their music while avoiding censorship entirely?
- What did the censorship in older Brazilian regimes have in common with 1960’s and 70’s one?
- What is the closest a song could get to being openly anti-authoritarian without being banned?
- How did the forces of capitalism contribute to the censorship?
- Why was the government so interested in spreading traditionalism in their propaganda?
- Why might some musicians, like Tom Zé, have stayed in Brazil despite the lack of artistic freedom?
- How might the young students who booed Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Os Mutantes during the festival have reacted to the censorship of said musicians?
- How much of a role did openly propagandistic art play in upholding the military regime?
Digital Resources
Chico Buarque’s most famous and influential album.
Buarque, Chico. Construção. Amsterdam: Philips, 1971.
https://15minutehistory.org/podcast/episode-109-the-tango-and-samba/
A podcast from the University of Texas about the history of samba music.
Domingos, Marcelo Jose. Episode 109: The Tango and Samba. Austin: University of Texas, 2018.
A podcast from NPR about the history of protest music in Brazil.
Contreras, Felix. Music And Democracy In Brazil: A Tradition Of Speaking Truth To Power. Washington D.C.: NPR, 2019.
A documentary about the Tropicália movement with subtitles.
Marchado, Marcelo. Tropicália. Youtube: Sociedade dos Documentários Brasileiros, 2012.
A collaborative album of famous Tropicália artists.
Various artists. Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis. Amsterdam: Philips, 1968