Rethinking the concept of national identity in Villa-Lobos' work: thoughts on music and meaning

• Grant number: 15/17765-5
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: November 30, 2016
• 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

This research aims to investigate signs of national identity in Villa-Lobos's music, according theories of musical meaning. Some previous works in the field of musical analysis applied to Villa-Lobos's work are the starting point, that will be associated to Mario de Andrade's ideas on nationalism aside proposal of Latin America music topics made by Melanie Plesch and Acácio Piedade. (AU)