Isabelle wrote:
> Etiquette manuals aimed at the middle classes
> constantly stressed that every young girl should be
> able to (sew, cook, etc.) play piano music both at
> sight and from memory, and usually to either sing
> along or play another instrument such as the harp.
> Not just the elite -- the substantial and ever-growing
> (thanks to the Industrial Revolution) middle class.
> And those were women, who were much more poorly
> educated than men.
It was true about Brazil too, but it was more a 'lumpen proletariat', petit
bourgeois aspiration for higher class lifestyle than solid musical
background. In the 50's here educated middle class white Brazilians aspired
to be Americans while they grew up in an environment ( Modernism ) that
valued national popular culture, like samba. That's where 'bossa nova' came
from.
Bye,
Caio Rossi
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