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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Brazilian music"”.
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Introduction to Brazilian art song: a pedagogical guide and analysis for selected art songs for use in the voice studio
The underrepresentation of Brazilian art song in international concert venues and studio teaching is linked to restricted access to scores, the absence of an official International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Brazilian Portuguese, and a lack of knowledge regarding Brazilian music history. This …
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The piano works of Armando Albuquerque
"The piano works of Brazilian composer Armando Albuquerque (1901-1986) are surveyed in this dissertation. A discussion of the chronology of the piano works establishes the relationship between Albuquerque and his cultural environment; the identification of the main elements of his musical idiom …
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Maria Schneider's "Hang Gliding": Dual Analyses for a Hybrid Musical Style
… to the globalization of communication. As such, musicians are influenced by different styles of music from all around the world due to their own travels and the availability of music recordings. This thesis deals with the challenges of analyzing modern music that has been influenced by different …
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Diálogos latino americanos: composições e arranjos a partir da hibridização entre gêneros musicais brasileiros e de outros países da América Latina
… in the Professional Postgraduate Program in Music (PPGPROM) at the Federal University of Bahia. It comprises a Memorial, Article, and Product. In the Memorial, I describe my musical journey, emphasizing pivotal moments that led to the development of the research project, including musical …
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Contemporary Brazilian Styles: Supplemental Piano Teaching Materials for a First Year Curriculum
… for beginning piano students to study relevant Brazilian contemporary styles. These teaching materials were created from descriptions of representative teaching pieces that exemplify the main stylistic tendencies in contemporary Brazilian music. These styles were identified in a sample assembled …
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Heitor Villa-Lobos's Use of Indigenous Brazilian Musical Elements in the Sonata-Fantasia No. 2 for Violin and Piano
… not have much formal training. He relied on the musical influences from his travels and the reports of people who explored the Brazilian interior. He made up fantastical stories of encounters with Brazilian indigenous people. It is likely that he used other famous explorers’ documentations to …
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Memória revelada em vinis: diagnóstico do acervo 33,045 e 78 rotações do acervo da Rádio Tabajara da Paraíba
This article aims to diagnose of the music file storage conditions of the Radio Tabajara in order to identify points of friction that interfere with the installation of the Museum of Radio Tabajara of Paraíba, considering the collection of support both from the point of view and from the point of …
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In Search Of Transformative Music Learning Experiences: Voices From The Margins In Northeastern Brazil
… of transformative learning experiences through music with marginalized individuals in Northeastern Brazil. The first article is based on interviews with five renowned Brazilian scholars, in order to provide a broader contextualization of Brazilian music education, as well as to shed light into …
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Choros N. 10 by Heitor Villa-Lobos: Analyzing the Themes and Compositional Techniques of Brazilian Modernism
… can be considered the most important composer in Brazilian music history. Although the composer is listed as one of the most influential composers in the history of the guitar, he reached his peak in his works for piano and symphonic groups. Works such as <em>A Prole do Bebê </em>(1 and 2), and …
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Tradition and Innovation in the Pedagogy of Brazilian Instrumental Choro
Choro is a traditional Brazilian music that began in Rio de Janeiro during the latter half of the nineteenth century. A virtuosic instrumental music, choro developed through Brazilian interpretations of European dance genres, especially polka and waltz. Participation by both amateur and …
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Selected choral works from Musica sacra by Heitor Villa-Lobos : a performance edition with critical notes and commentary
… of highest distinction in twentieth-century Brazilian music. His musical compositions, representing virtually every musical genre, reflect his concerted effort toward developing a nationalistic Brazilian style. While the importance of this composer's ouvre and his contribution to a national …
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Ritmoplastia By Cacilda Borges Barbosa: A Performing Edition
… of the method Ritmoplastia created by the Brazilian composer Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914-2010). Barbosa created Ritmoplastia as a means of recording popular and folkloric Brazilian dances. With the assistance of choreographer Clara Semeles, Barbosa developed a style of notation that …
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A Stylistic and Compositional Analysis of Ciranda das Sete Notas by Heitor Villa-Lobos
<p>Heitor Villa-Lobos created his idiosyncratic Brazilian style in <em>Ciranda das Sete Notas</em> by using Bach’s compositional numbered alphabet idea. The intention is to help musicians, and more specifically bassoonists, have a clearer understanding of the construction of Villa-Lobos’s …
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Nordestina negotiations: Alternative femininities, gendered and musical self-production in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
… contributed significant innovations to Recife’s music scene, both in their work with mangue-affiliated band Comadre Fulozinha, and also through more recent solo releases. Even so, I believe that some of the most significant contributions of these artists are not just musical, but simultaneously, …
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Self-accompaniment and improvisation in solo jazz piano: Practice-led investigations of assimilation, ostinatos and ‘hand splitting’
… techniques derived from a range of different music styles, a series of self-accompaniments were devised. In addition, the process of developing improvisational facility over these accompaniment patterns was documented. Although performing solo requires a different approach to ensemble work, …