Tropicália ou Panis et circencis

The Tropicalismo was the movement responsible for the most anthropophagic works in the history of Brazilian art, while also critically reflecting on the formation of Brazil. It reached its apex with album-manifesto Tropicália ou Panis et circencis, created by a collective of extraordinary artists and musicians as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, Nara Leão, Rogerio Duprat, Torquato Neto and Capinam. Released in 1968, the record was the synthesis of this avant-garde cultural and political movement. From melodies to clothing, from arrangements to the album cover, from instruments to converts, everything was an aesthetic labor and a cultural and political stance. In the words of author Pedro Duarte: “Listening to the collective album Tropicália ou Panis et circencis nowadays brings to the musical experience a common paradox with 20th century avant-garde art: on one hand, its innovative force is still alive, and even surprising for those who don’t know the group who created it; on the other, the songs reach us now as definitive classics of Brazilian culture.”

About the artists
Tropicália ou Panis et circencis was a collective creation from musicians Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes (Arnaldo Baptista, Rita Lee and Sérgio Dias), arranged by conductor Rogerio Duprat, with participations from Nara Leão and poet and composers Torquato Neto and Capinam.

About the author
Pedro Duarte is a writer and researcher, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1981. Doctor in Philosophy from PUC-Rio and author of Estio do tempo: Romantismo e estética moderna (Summer of time: Romanticism and modern aesthetics), 2011, and A palavra modernista: vanguarda e manifesto (The modernist word: avant-garde and manifesto), 2013.

About the collection
Editora Cobogó has been publishing books on music since 2014. In the collection The Book of the Album import records are dissected revealing stories behind the creation of the album, recordings, composing, concerts, production. Each book presents a different great album with a singular perspective written by writers, journalists and music lovers.

Specifications
Collection The Book of the Album
Artists Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, Rogerio Duprat, Nara Leão, Torquato Neto and José Carlos Capinam
Author Pedro Duarte
Language Portuguese
Page count 176
ISBN 9788555910067
Cover Radiográfico
Format Softcover
Size 13 x 19 cm
Year 2016