Samba de breque

Samba de breque
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1940s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Samba de breque is a subgenre of samba that emerged in Rio de Janeiro between the late 1930s and early 1940s.[1][2]

The main characteristic of the subgenre is "breque", a Brazilian term for "brake".[3] In other words, it is a samba with sudden stops, usually of a humorous character, in which the singer makes spoken comments.[2][1]

The singer Moreira da Silva consolidated himself as the great name of this style of samba. The first success of the subgenre was "Acertei no milhar", a samba by Wilson Batista and Geraldo Pereira.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Lopes & Simas 2015, p. 256.
  2. ^ a b Marcondes 1977, p. 684.
  3. ^ Portes 2014, p. 81.
  4. ^ Tatit 2000.
  5. ^ Portes 2014, p. 17.