Sons de Carrilhões

Composer: PERNAMBUCO, João

Pronunciation 

  • Sons de Carrilhões (Sound of the Bells) is Pernambuco’s most famous chôro.1
    • In the 1870s, the term “chôro” referred to the music of Brazilian street serenaders, or chorões. Pernambuco absorbed this style of music as a child. The term also came to encompass dance music styles from Europe and from Brazil, played in the stylistic tradition of the chorões. 

Sources

  1. Graham Wade, liner notes to Guitar Recital, Pedro Aguiar, Naxos 8.574069, CD, 2020.

Cut IDs

20314