Brazil Meets Stoughton (From the University of Iowa). The Brazilian “choro” (to cry), the national music of Brazil, emerged in the late 1800s in Rio de Janeiro. The music is a fusion of African-based rhythms and European forms along with representing both the social and racial diversity in Brazil. The most significant composer, Pixinguinha, will be featured in both the lecture and performance. Dr. Maurita Murphy Marx, Emeritus Professor of Clarinet at the University of Iowa, is a native of Middleton, Wisconsin. She taught middle school band in the Stoughton public schools for two years from 1976-78. Her passion for Brazilian music was introduced to her by Dr. Rafael Dos Santos, Professor of Piano and Jazz at UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil.