This work is frequently cited in research papers for its rigorous classification of songs. Each year is analyzed through five specific lenses:

Lists of additional popular songs from that year.

Key social and political news of the time to provide historical context. Citations in Academic Works

Data on labels and specific recordings.

The work titled is a classic two-volume reference set by researchers Jairo Severiano and Zuza Homem de Mello . It is widely used in academic papers as a foundational historiographical source for Brazilian popular music (MPB).

You can find discussions and citations of this work in several academic contexts:

Covers the origins from modinhas and lundus to the "Golden Age" of radio and early Bossa Nova.

The work serves as an "encyclopedia" of Brazilian song, organizing 85 years of music history into two distinct periods: