[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bossa Nova"

[Peter Reitan]

A few months earlier in English, but not directly musical.  Referring to a certain wing of a political party in Brazil.  Raises the question, was the party named after the musical style, or vice versa?

Daily Report of Foreign Radio Broadcasts, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, No 73, April 14, 1960, page c2.  HathiTrust.

[Begin Excerpt]The so-called “Bossa Nova” wing of the UDN party has stated its opposition to the crisis within the party through statement by Deputy Alves Macedo. . . . (Recife, Jornal do Comercio, Apr. 14, 1960, 0200 GMT – W) [End Excerpt]

Wikipedia cites a blog post that says the name of the musical style was written in chalk on a blackboard as early as 1957.  The person believed to have coined the term was apparently honored on the Ipanema Walk of Fame.
http://blogdatocadovinicius.blogspot.com/2010/02/0025-moyses-fuks-na-calcada.html


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Same article appeared a couple days earlier in "The San Diego Union".

Date: July 28, 1960
Newspaper: The San Diego Union
Newspaper Location: San Diego, California
Article: Brazil Unmoved By Cuban Issue
Author: Sol Biderman (Copley News Service)
Quote Page a28

[Begin excerpt]
They are elated at the 5-1 victory of the Brazilian soccer team over
Argentina and they are playing the latest record releases of "Bossa
Nova," a new trend in Brazilian popular music.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 4:46=E2=80=AFPM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu=
> wrote:
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> bossa nova (OED 1962)
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> 1960 _Evening Vanguard_ (Venice, Cal.) 30 July 6/1 (Newspapers.com)  They=
're playing the latest record releases of "Bossa Nova," a new trend in Braz=
ilian popular music.
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> Fred Shapiro
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