Brazilian Music
The music of Brazil is a lively reflection of the cultural diversity of this country, with Indigenous, African and European influences. In the samba and bossa nova, famous throughout the world, there are several paradigmatic genres that identify Brazilian music .
Like all expressions of Brazilian culture, Brazilian music is a mixture of many different influences, generating throughout its history a great variety of regional rhythms. Musical traditions of Europe, African rhythms and indigenous styles have hybridized since colonial times to create a unique sound panorama in the world.
The history of Brazilian music It is composed of two currents: a written and erudite tradition, of European root, and another unwritten, popular one, product of the acculturation between the European, African and indigenous musics. Genuine fusions between diverse styles and genres have become in the melting pot of Brazilian rhythms that coexist today, with samba and bossa nova as national standards. To the set of typical rhythms of Brazil is known like MPB, "Brazilian Popular Music". Brazilian musical genres Music lists related to Brazil (in Portuguese)wiki