Citation

Treece D. Popular Music 1997; 16(1): 1-29.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0261143000000672

PMID

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Abstract

When the Brazilian Antônio Carlos (Tom) Jobim died in December 1994, twentieth-century Western music lost one of its greatest popular songwriters. That may be a contentious assertion, and one open to endless debate, if his work is to be judged against that of the other major composers of the age on purely aesthetic grounds. It is indisputable, though, if the criteria are Jobim's role as a founder and leading songwriter of the bossa nova movement, given the influence of that tradition within Brazil and beyond, and as Latin America's most successful musical export (Treece 1992).

Language: en