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| Author(s): |
Alberto Jose Vieira Pacheco
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes |
| Defense date: | 2007-05-31 |
| Examining board members: |
Adriana Giarola Kayama;
David John Cranmer;
Martha Herr;
Helena Jank;
Sara Lopes;
Monica Lucas;
Niza de Castro Tank
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| Advisor: | Paulo Mugayar Kuhl; Adriana Giarola Kayama |
| Abstract | |
This thesis describes the vocal practice in Rio de Janeiro in the early nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on how it was influenced by the presence of the Portuguese court. To this end a substantial number of primary sources have been consulted, both musical and historical. The most important musical sources are those of the actual repertoire composed there at that time, as well as a considerable body of books on musical theory and methods written in both Brazil and Portugal. Among the historical sources consulted are letters, government expense ledgers, reports by those in charge of the Royal Chapel, and periodicals. From an analysis of these documents, it has been possible to carry out a wideranging biographical study of the singers active in Rio de Janeiro during the regency and reign of King João VI, whenever possible including a description of their interpretative style and their voices. The descriptions of individual voices are based on the solos expressly written for certain singers and composed by Father José Maurício Nunes Garcia and by Marcos Portugal. The data confirms that the presence of the Portuguese court in Rio did indeed lead to considerable change in vocal practice there and, by means of an analysis of most of the vocal lines by Fr. José Maurício, it can be shown how this actually occurred. We may conclude that up to the early 1840s the most influential model of vocal excellence in Rio de Janeiro was the eighteenth-century Italian school, represented above all by a number of castrati at the Royal Chapel. This research, which links questions relating to both musicology and interpretation, provides an example of how an analysis of the activities of performers contributes to a better understanding of musical output as a whole (AU) | |