bossa novan.
/ˌbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/, U.S. /ˌbɑsə ˈnoʊvə/ A style of Brazilian music related to the samba; a dance performed to this music.
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fandango1800
zamacueca1855
habanera1878
rumba1912
tango1913
milonga1914
guajira1923
samba1929
son1931
son Afro-Cubano1942
mambo1946
Afro1949
montuno1951
cha-cha1954
guaracha1956
pachanga1956
bossa nova1962
salsa1975
songo1978
1962 Daily Mail 2 Nov. 14/4 In a hesitant way the bossa nova is already starting. At Edmundo's club..his band plays bossa nova while the customers perform their own version, a kind of lazy samba.
1962 New Statesman 21 Dec. 911/1 In Brazil bossa nova is in no sense a dance. It is a way of playing and singing.
1963 New Yorker 8 June 99 (advt.) And shop for Brazilian antiques and bossa nova records.
1967 Guardian 22 Apr. 5/6 The same band handles bossa nova, rock-and-roll, and rhythm-and-blues with equal panache.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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