Bidu Sayão and Radamés Gnattali's tour in the 1930s: the concert practice and the study of the locality

• Grant number: 20/10535-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2020
• End date: July 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Music
• Principal Investigator: Flávia Camargo Toni
• Grantee: Victor Gabriel Ferreira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/05318-7 - Local musicking: new pathways for ethnomusicology, AP.TEM

Abstract

The present research aims to gather and preserve the information, through collectingnewspaper clipping, concert critics, letters and concert programs about the tournée performedby the Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão and the composer and performer Radamés Gnattali. Thecollected material will be studied in order to have a better understanding of the placing andthe spectators of the tour and how it affected the selection of the repertoire and thecollaborators throughout the tournée.