The Machete of Madeira: A British Perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Muir, Samantha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silva, Manuela
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34639/rpea.v11i2.185
• topic: Machete; Ukulele; Cândido Drumond; Braguinha; Machete; Ukulele; Cândido Drumond; Braguinha

During the nineteenth century the machete de braga (hereafter referred to as machete), a relative of the Portuguesecavaquinho, was widely known throughout Europe. Today, however, the machete is mostly known outside its homelandof Madeira as one of the forerunners of the ukulele. Although the main focus of this article is the British interest inthe machete in this period it is first necessary to establish how the British connection with Madeira and the machetestretches back to the fifteenth century, through a systematization of the literature on this musical instrument.