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MPB as a style debuted in the 1960s, with the abbreviation being applied to the type of music that emerged following the advent of the bossa nova. MPB artists and audiences were largely connected to the intellectual and student population, causing MPB to be known as "university music". MPB was born out of an attempt to produce a Brazilian "national" music, thus revitalizing traditional styles. MPB made a considerable impact at that time, boosted by several televised music festivals.
The earliest MPB borrowed elements of the bossa nova and often relied on thinly-veiled criticism of social injustice and dictatorial repression, being based on progressive opposition to the military dictatorship, large landowners, and imperialism. Early MPB is closely associated with the short-lived artistic movement known as tropicalia.
The climate that created the MPB movement ceased to exist after 1969, but the abbreviation has survived, albeit with a less specific meaning. Transforming from a left-wing musical movement, MPB became the core of Brazil's national music, and the term still indicates a certain aesthetic quality in modern Brazilian music.
Notable performers
Adriana Calcanhotto
Caetano Veloso
Carlinhos Brown
Cássia Eller -- a rock singer, with a fondness for MPB composers.
Cazuza --
Chico Buarque
Djavan
Dorival Caymmi
Elis Regina
Gal Costa
Gilberto Gil
Ivan Lins
João Bosco
Jorge Benjor, formerly Jorge Ben
Joyce
Maria Bethânia
Marisa Monte
Milton Nascimento
Nana Caymmi
Ney Matogrosso
MPB-4
Os Mutantes -- a progressive rock group which had a key role in the birth of MPB
External links
Categories: Pop music
