Cries of London of Luciano Berio: a study of analysis of relations text-music

• Grant number: 14/25728-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2015
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Music
• Principal Investigator: Graziela Bortz
• Grantee: Lucas Albuquerque Matias Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Artes (IA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This present study will examine the connection between text and music and explore extended vocal techniques used in the work Cries of London (1974-1976), by Luciano Berio, which belongs to the catalog of his choral pieces, and about which there is little available literature. First, it will consist in a bibliographic research, since Berio's texts about his compositional processes are not very extensive. The books Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory, by J. Straus and Analytic Approaches to Twentieth-Century Music, by Joel Lester will be used as basis for music analysis. Once Berio had deep connection with linguistic theories, studies of Saussure will give support to studying this field.