| Samba de enredo | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Samba |
| Cultural origins | Mid–1930s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Typical instruments | |
Samba-enredo, also known as samba de enredo, is a sub-genre of modern samba made specifically by a samba school for the festivities of Brazilian Carnival.[2] It is a samba style that consists of a lyric and a melody created from a summary of the theme chosen as the plot of a samba school.[3][2]
The first sambas sung by the samba schools in their carnival presentations were freely created and generally were about of the samba itself or the reality of the samba musicians.[3] The institution of contests between the Rio de Janeiro samba school from the 1930s onwards compelled them to commit themselves to presented themes, which began to narrate mainly episodes and exalt characters from the official Brazilian historiography.[3]