Afro-Brazilian musicians
in the early twentieth century
The Batutas, ca. 1923. Courtesy Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles, Coleção Pixinguinha.
Donga (second from left), Pixinguinha (second from right), and friends at the port. Courtesy Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles, Coleção Pixinguinha.
Alfredo José de Alcântara. Courtesy Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles, Coleção Pixinguinha.
Grupo Caxangá: Pixinguinha is standing with a flute at the far left; Donga is seated with a guitar to the far right. Courtesy Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles, Coleção Pixinguinha.
Photos of Afro-Brazilian musicians in the early twentieth century. From Marc A. Hertzman’s Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil(Duke University Press, 2013).
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