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| Author(s): |
Virginia de Almeida Bessa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2012-09-26 |
| Examining board members: |
José Geraldo Vinci de Moraes;
Alberto Tsuyoshi Ikeda;
Elias Thome Saliba;
Idelette Muzart Fonseca dos Santos;
Laurent Olivier Vidal
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| Advisor: | José Geraldo Vinci de Moraes |
| Abstract | |
This thesis investigates the relationship between musical theater and popular songs in the city of São Paulo during the early decades of the twentieth century (1914-1934), the period that precedes the consolidation of the music industry and the radio in Brazil. It aims to understand the importance of Sao Paulos musical and theater stages in two aspects: first, in their relationship with the more thorough process of constitution of the modern popular song in Brazil, and, second, as a locus for the invention of a paulista identity - which in turn, would feed back into the song production in São Paulo, especially the one known as caipira. Based on an extense data collection from São Paulo daily press, the first part maps the city\'s theater circuit, understood here as part of abursting mass culture. It presents the São Paulo concert halls and their main impresarios, revealing the increasing capitalization of the entertainment industry. It also characterizes the musical theatre genres performed in the city, with an emphasis on local production. The second part focuses on the musical aspects of this theater production. It discusses the importance of theatre in the professionalization of instrumentalists, conductors and composers in São Paulo, and describes the different circuits of musical production in the city, which included not only the theaters, but also editing music, bands and, very rarely, the phonographic industry. It also presents some characteristics of the theatre music and discusses the evolution of the song in musical theatre. (AU) | |