Full text
| |
| Author(s): |
Alexandra van Leeuwen
Total Authors: 1
|
| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes |
| Defense date: | 2009-08-20 |
| Examining board members: |
Edmundo Pacheco Hora;
Adriana Giarola Kayama;
Diósnio Machado Neto
|
| Advisor: | Edmundo Pacheco Hora |
| Abstract | |
In this research we propose to study the aspects of Brazilian dramatic musical practice, mainly in Rio de Janeiro between the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth century, according to the artistic trajectory of the singer and actress Joaquina Lapinha, who performed on both Lusitanian and Carioca stages. Through the study of this Brazilian interpreter, we intend to present more information concerning the feminine participation in the lyric-dramatic scene at the time, in particular, of the black and mulatto women in contrast to the European practice of castrati. As a result, we prove the importance of Lapinha who left the colony to perform in Portugal and even for Dom João VI. Through the repertoire executed by Lapinha, we try to demonstrate the presence of elements of the Italian operistic style, mainly of Neapolitan origin, in the dramatical work executed in Brazil in the mentioned period, considering the strong miscegenation present in the practices and common experiences to the Luso-Brazilian. We also attempt to relate the influence of this performer in a possible virtuosistic development of the musical writing through the profane works of the Father José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767-1830), namely: Coro em 1808; the drama O Triunfo da America (1809); and the heroic drama Ulissea (1809). We also developed an analytical study of the vocal lines for the soloist in these works, highlighting the ornamentation and other aspects present that favor an ample view of the interpreter, intending to underline and to enrich its interpretation. Whenever possible, we consulted primary sources, fact that lead us to understand the relevance of the Portuguese libraries for Brazilian musicology, amongst which the musical collection of the Vila Viçosa Ducal Palace brought essential information to our research. We intend, thus, to join aspects that contribute with the musicological research in the country to elements of practical order, related to the interpretation of the repertoire of this period. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/01849-9 - The singer Joaquina Lapinha: Her contribution for the coloratura soprano repertoire in the Brazilian colonial period |
| Grantee: | Alexandra van Leeuwen |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |