英语听力：自然百科 从桑巴到巴萨诺瓦 Samba To Bossa—10

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And yet throughout the 1930s, Vargas continued to develop strong links with European fascist⁴ states, including Nazi⁵ Germany, where such ideas would surely have horrified⁶ those who believed in Aryan supremacy⁷. 

 

In January 1936, there was a special edition of the radio program "Hora do Brazil", broadcast directly from Brazil to Nazi Germany. It included government-approved songs written by black musicians. 

 

"A very important part of the show was the samba music from the Samba Schools. And I always think about the Nazi German listening to that kind of very black, very African Brazilian music."

 

President Vargas made samba respectable and it was now appropriated by middle-class Brazilians. Old style sambas about malandros were still popular in the poor black parts of town but were now officially censored⁸. The middle-class favored a more melodic⁹ sophisticated style, samba cancao and songs that praised the glory and the beauty of Brazil. 

 

Samba's broad new appeal was helped by exceptional composers, like Ary Barroso, the son of a lawyer, whose Aquarela do Brazil, Watercolor of Brazil, became almost a national anthem¹⁰. 

 

Unlike carnival¹¹ samba, or samba enredo, samba cancao could be sung by individuals as well as Mass bands.

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