Abstract
The relation between love, money and reciprocity was a central theme in Brazilian popular music in the first half of the twentieth century. Samba composers, who were mostly men, saw love as being morally superior to money. Love is generally offered by men who consider themselves to be above material considerations, while women are supposed to be constantly bringing up the subject of money. As love relationships involve reciprocity, a tension exists between what is expected or demanded of the opposite sex and what is obtained from them. Brazilian popular music in the first half of the last century reflects this world of expectations and complaints in a register that is at time humorous and at other times resentful.
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