A OFICIALIZAÇÃO DO CARNAVAL E SUA CONTRIBUIÇÃO PARA O SURGIMENTO DA BOSSA NOVA

Abstract

This article promotes a discussion on the process of institutionalizing carnival and samba as factors that contributed to the emergence of bossa nova. To this end, it takes as reference Bakhtin’s (1987) concepts of carnivalization and cultural institutionalization, which provide the theoretical framework for the analysis developed here. In the following section, the study presents a conceptualization of the bossa nova style, as well as a brief examination of João Gilberto’s musical approach as a guitarist, singer, and composer. The interpretative work performed by the artist contributed in a substantial way to the consolidation of bossa nova and, in that context, became one of the symbols of the modernity sought by the elites, in a country experiencing a notable moment of development. Finally, the article concludes that the analysis of the events that marked the development of Rio de Janeiro’s carnival and, subsequently, the emergence of bossa nova can be correlated as directly connected phenomena that contributed to the construction of a more objective conceptual framework regarding the cultural formation of Brazil.