ABSTRACT
This article aims to address the cultural impacts of the First World War in Brazil through a less studied perspective in literature: the musical scene of Rio de Janeiro. Based on recent work on the importance of propaganda by conflicting nations in neutral countries, we analyze the impact of two actions in this area: the concerts and the musico-literary conferences held by the Brazilian League for the Allies and the stay of the French musician, Darius Milhaud, as cultural attache in Brazil. Our idea is to analyze how cultural clashes, between a Latin and a German culture, were debated through these events and contributed significantly to the tightening of Brazil’s cultural alliance with the allied countries, especially France.
Keywords:
music; war; propaganda