O DISCURSO MUSICAL-LITERÁRIO NA OBRA DO COMPOSITOR CAMARGO GUARNIERI

Abstract

This paper proposes a reflection on the predominance of vocal music in the work of the Brazilian composer Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993). Over 70 years of uninterrupted activity, this composer has always used texts in his native language for his songs, fact never seen before in the history song in Brazil. From 1928 onwards he got in touch with the writer Mário de Andrade and began producing regularly ¨acalantos¨ (¨lullings¨) and ¨toadas¨ (¨tunes¨),by creating his own kind of lied that represents more than half of his extensive work. Firstly, a study on these new formal, harmonic, timbral, rhythmic, onomatopoeic incursions is developed beginning with collaborations made with texts, poems, essays and other literary genres produced at that time. Secondly, we present the results obtained through quantitative and qualitative analyses of the material explored, which show the evolution of the composer's musical discourse closely articulated with literary discourse.

Index Terms - analysis, Camargo Guarnieri, literary discourse, musical discourse.