Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes (Hardcover, 1st)

Contents

Acknowledgements 3

Intentions, Artistic Collaborator Helena Flores, Photographer 4

Prologue 8

1. Questions 12
2. Abel From Caxinas 23
3. Os Dancings no Morro-The Dance Halls on the Hill 31
4. Ulysses From Vila Praia de Ancora 38
5. Reading/Nos Mares Do Fim Do Mundo, O Lugre, and Terras

de Bacalhau 46

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6. The Women 59
7. Jose da Conceicao, Ship Deserter 75
8. Mestre Gabriel, Mestre Clemente From Praia de Mira 83
9. Jaime Pontes, Cod Fisherman, Raconteur 97
10. Many Manuel da Silvas/A Violin in the Attic 107

Afterword 118

Notes and Works Cited 119

Permissions 125