The four earlier Villa-Lobos's symphonies: an interpretative and analytical study

• Grant number: 18/11267-1
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2018
• End date: September 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Music
• Principal Investigator: Paulo de Tarso Camargo Cambraia Salles
• Grantee: Paulo de Tarso Camargo Cambraia Salles
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The four earlier Villa-Lobos's symphonies were written between 1916 and 1919, crowning his first creative cycle. These are vigorous works, that reveal his potential as a beginner composer, but they still remain without a thorough analytical investigation. This research intends to investigate its harmonic and formal structure, providing a fresh interpretation that correlates these data with some contextual elements. (AU)