This study aims at illustrating and explaining certain combinations of musical elements used in the stylization of baião by Brazilian composer, instrumentalist and singer Luiz Gonzaga (1912-1984) between the decades of 1940 and 1950. This critical appreciation provides elements to be applied in the fields of interpretation, composition, arrangement, musical analysis and improvisation, and may contribute to identify the reuse and reinterpretation of aesthetical and musical elements related to baião in different times and scenes of Brazilian music.
Luiz Gonzaga and baião; practice of northeastern Brazilian music; musical appreciation
