From the claims of punk rocker GG Allin aiming to shed his own blood for Rock ‘n’ Roll to the religiously tinted narratives of Bruce Springsteen we come to find artists using religious references to color their artistic medium. A question arises: Could these utterances and narratives show a deeper meaning behind Rock ‘n’ Roll such that it can give individuals a way to obtain religious experience? This thesis aims at arguing for the ability of Rock ‘n’ Roll as having a way to incite feelings of religious experience and communitas. Through the usage of auto-ethnography coupled with subsidiary sources from academic to pop culture writers this thesis will investigate if such a creative form helps to enable individuals to experience transcendence and feelings of community while immersed in Rock ‘n’ Roll.

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Através da utilização de letras de músicas produzidas entre os anos de 1981 e 1989, busquei analisar o papel que o rock brasileiro teve como elemento de manifestação da juventude que havia crescido sob a ditadura de 1964. Utilizei os conceitos de utopia e distopia para compreender de que maneira essas letras, ao mesmo tempo, serviram como representação da compreensão desses jovens de seu momento histórico e como instrumento de crítica da realidade econômica e social ao seu redor. Mais do que reflexo cultural de seu período, tais letras manifestavam a contradição ideológica da época, na qual a utopia em torno de uma sociedade melhor era negada pela própria distopia presente nas relações econômicas e sociais cotidianas. Esta mesma contradição foi observada na relação entre arte e mercado, criticada por muitas bandas, mas necessária para que suas músicas alcançassem seus ouvintes. É importante ressaltar que o movimento punk brasileiro teve papel fundamental para as bandas do rock brasileiro da década de 1980, pois ele mostrou que era possível produzir músicas para e pela juventude que vivia a transição da ditadura para a democracia. / Using lyrics of songs produced from 1981 to 1989, I tried to analyze the role Brazilian rock n roll had as an element of manifestation of youngsters who had grown up during the 1964 dictatorship. I used the concepts of utopia and dystopia to understand in which way these lyrics, at the same time, served as a representation of the understanding of these youngsters of their historical moment and as an instrument of criticism of the economic and social reality that surrounded them. More than just a cultural reflex of their period, these lyrics demonstrated the ideological contradiction of their time, in which utopia regarding a better society was denied by dystopia that could be found on daily economic and social relations. That same contradiction was observed on the relation between art and market, criticized by many bands, but necessary for the dissemination of their songs among their listeners. It is important to say that the Brazilian punk movement had a fundamental role for the Brazilian rock bands of the 1980s, since it showed it was possible to make songs for and by the youngsters that were living the transition from dictatorship to democracy.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:58:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elisangela Maria Ozorio.pdf: 998959 bytes, checksum: 8abbf9d81395338f98466e306cf0d73a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-12 / This dissertation is based on the result of reflexions obtained during the research about poetry manifestation on Brazilian music. Among the diverse poetic movements present in songbooks of our country, the one who is the main poet-singer is Renato Russo. Such selection did not happen in a misunderstanding way, but from readings, that demonstrated that the poetry is an art not prisoner to paper, or writing, but to language form, established in sound and metaphoric meaning of material-word. Therefore, writers and theorists, like Paul Zumthor, Octavio Paz, Paul Valéry and Décio Pignatari, integrated dissertation readings, and guided all the research as well. In Paul Zumthor‟s works, the meeting of oral poetry indicated that rock and roll is a poetic manifestation that recovers the vocalized poetry from primitive man. The view that, the dissertation started with the attempt to understand of the musical gender as a poetic and performative language, that rummages, above all, the resistence, the revolution and the liberation of human being from ethical and moral concepts of (post)modern society. In Brazil, the rock poetry becomes more expressive when it receives poetic lyrics that, linked to abrupt achords from musical style, they (re)create and present the reality of the big urban centers, exploring the two faces of: concrete reality and, hence, repetitive, discouraged, with no major attractions, and the possible reality, challenger, based on Utopian ideals. Thus, this dissertation tried to understand how rock and roll graded in poetic manifestation, and how russiana work, closely tied to music, worked verbal sign, joining poetic word to discordant and decanted melody, that units vocalized poetry with tunelesness and minimalist achords of punk rock, from rock and roll / Esta dissertação tem por base o resultado de reflexões obtidas durante a pesquisa realizada sobre a manifestação da poesia na canção brasileira. Dentre os diversos movimentos poéticos presentes no cancioneiro de nosso país, teve por centro o poeta-cantor Renato Russo. Tal seleção não se deu de maneira equivocada, mas a partir de leituras que demonstravam que a poesia é uma arte não presa ao papel, ou à escrita, e, sim a uma forma de linguagem, estabelecida no som e na imagem metafórica da palavra-matéria. Diante disso, escritores e teóricos, como Paul Zumthor, Octavio Paz, Paul Valéry e Décio Pignatari, integraram as leituras da dissertação, bem como nortearam toda a pesquisa. Nas obras de Paul Zumthor, o encontro da poesia oral indicou que o rock and roll é uma manifestação poética, que retoma a poesia vocalizada do homem primitivo. À vista disso, a dissertação iniciou com a tentativa de entender o gênero musical como uma linguagem poética e performática, que busca, acima de tudo, a resistência, a revolução e a libertação do ser humano dos conceitos morais e éticos da sociedade (pós)moderna. No Brasil, a poesia do rock torna-se mais expressiva ao receber composições poéticas que, unidas aos acordes abruptos do estilo musical, (re)criam e presentificam a realidade dos grandes centros urbanos, explorando os dois lados: a realidade concreta e, portanto, repetitiva, desestimulante, sem maiores atrativos, e a realidade possível, desafiante, baseada em ideais utópicos. Assim, esta dissertação procurou entender como o rock and roll se transformou numa manifestação poética, e como a obra russiana, estreitamente presa à música, trabalhou o signo verbal, a ponto de associar a palavra poética ao canto dissonante e decantado, que une a poesia vocalizada aos acordes desarmônicos e minimalistas do punk rock, vertente do rock and roll

Através da utilização de letras de músicas produzidas entre os anos de 1981 e 1989, busquei analisar o papel que o rock brasileiro teve como elemento de manifestação da juventude que havia crescido sob a ditadura de 1964. Utilizei os conceitos de utopia e distopia para compreender de que maneira essas letras, ao mesmo tempo, serviram como representação da compreensão desses jovens de seu momento histórico e como instrumento de crítica da realidade econômica e social ao seu redor. Mais do que reflexo cultural de seu período, tais letras manifestavam a contradição ideológica da época, na qual a utopia em torno de uma sociedade melhor era negada pela própria distopia presente nas relações econômicas e sociais cotidianas. Esta mesma contradição foi observada na relação entre arte e mercado, criticada por muitas bandas, mas necessária para que suas músicas alcançassem seus ouvintes. É importante ressaltar que o movimento punk brasileiro teve papel fundamental para as bandas do rock brasileiro da década de 1980, pois ele mostrou que era possível produzir músicas para e pela juventude que vivia a transição da ditadura para a democracia. / Using lyrics of songs produced from 1981 to 1989, I tried to analyze the role Brazilian rock n roll had as an element of manifestation of youngsters who had grown up during the 1964 dictatorship. I used the concepts of utopia and dystopia to understand in which way these lyrics, at the same time, served as a representation of the understanding of these youngsters of their historical moment and as an instrument of criticism of the economic and social reality that surrounded them. More than just a cultural reflex of their period, these lyrics demonstrated the ideological contradiction of their time, in which utopia regarding a better society was denied by dystopia that could be found on daily economic and social relations. That same contradiction was observed on the relation between art and market, criticized by many bands, but necessary for the dissemination of their songs among their listeners. It is important to say that the Brazilian punk movement had a fundamental role for the Brazilian rock bands of the 1980s, since it showed it was possible to make songs for and by the youngsters that were living the transition from dictatorship to democracy.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-07Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:39:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 magi_er_me_mar.pdf: 1226290 bytes, checksum: 3b1f56ae5a30ac2eb283e92dbc47fdab (MD5) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / É consenso nos trabalhos acadêmicos e jornalísticos que o rock brasileiro conquistou seus espaços nos meios de comunicação e reconhecimento da música brasileira apenas com a emergência das bandas dos anos 1980. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa se propôs a compreender, por meio da trajetória da Legião Urbana, as interferências dos múltiplos agentes sociais envolvidos e mobilizados na consolidação de um campo específico de música no Brasil: o campo do rock. A partir da análise de matérias publicadas em jornais, na revista Bizz e das entrevistas que fiz com alguns jornalistas e com o ex-produtor da Legião, pode-se concluir que as tomadas de posição e as disposições desses agentes construíram os critérios de avaliação do gênero, dos artistas e de produção dos discos, consolidando um espaço e definindo as marcas expressivas para o rock brasileiro e de uma geração de profissionais. / There is consensus in the academic and journalistic works that rock and roll earned their places in the media and recognition of Brazilian music only with the emergence of national bands of the 80s. Thus, this research aims to understand the interference of multiple social agents involved and mobilized in the consolidation of a specific field of music in Brazil, the field of rock: music producers, journalists and bands, in this case “Legião Urbana”. From the analysis of articles published in newspapers, on magazine Bizz and interviews I did with some journalists and the former producer of the Legion, I learned that the positions and the provisions of these agents have built the evaluation judgement of the genre, the artists and production of discs, consolidating spaces for Brazilian rock in the majors and the press.

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La version intégrale de cette thèse est disponible uniquement pour consultation individuelle à la Bibliothèque de musique de l’université de Montréal (www.bib.umontreal.ca/MU). / WAG! The Musical est la seconde comédie musicale d'Aleksey Shegolev ainsi que la première à être exécutée dans un théâtre off-Broadway à New York durant l'été 2013. Une des premières comédies de William Shakespeare, Peines d’amour perdues, a servi d’inspiration pour son partenaire Julian Silverman (dramaturge) et lui (compositeur et librettiste) dans la composition de WAG!. Afin de moderniser le sujet shakespearien traité dans les Peines d’amour perdues, plusieurs ajustements ont été nécessaires. Dans le but de maintenir l’attention des spectateurs, le niveau d'intensité dans l’action doit constamment s'élever. Cette thèse traitera notamment des divers procédés musicaux employés dans le but de soutenir l’action. Le rock ' n' roll, ainsi que le jazz furent les principaux langages musicaux à avoir une forte influence sur cette composition. Conséquemment, à travers une analyse détaillée, Shegolev explique comment le rythme, l'harmonie et la texture construisent sa comédie musicale. De plus, la manière de rendre l’humour en musique, si nécessaire au genre comique, sera également objet de discussion dans cette dissertation. La dissertation sera clôturée par un chapitre qui traitera de l'expérience personnelle que Shegolev a accumulée au cours des ateliers de lecture et des répétitions aux quelles sa pièce a été assujettie, afin de monter WAG! dans un théâtre de production à petite échelle à New York. / WAG! The Musical is Aleksey Shegolev's second full-length musical and it is the first to be performed in an off-Broadway theatre in New York during the summer of 2013. The idea for the plot was inspired by William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour's Lost, and he and his partner, Julian Silverman, created a story fit for modern times. Shegolev was the composer and lyricist, while Silverman was the book writer. Good storytelling and strong songwriting depends on the characters having a goal to pursue as they overcome the obstacles in their paths. As the story progresses, the level of intensity must always rise to keep the audiences’ attention. Jazz and rock ‘n’ roll were the main musical influences on this piece and we will see how rhythm, harmony and texture played a part in creating WAG!. Musicalizing comedy by using various techniques in composition is another topic that will be explored. Finally, this dissertation will close with Shegolev's experiences during the workshop from dealing with the director to the endless revisions and cuts that had to be made before opening night.

Title: The Problematics of musicality in aesthetic-coordination sports Objectives:. This thesis deals with the problematics of musicality in conjunction with aesthetic-coordination sports, particularly acrobatic rock and roll, Latin American dances and modern gymnastics. The aim is to determine the level of musicality in active individuals operating in these sports sectors and compare these results. Method: The research was made by using standardized test of musicality by Arnold Bentley. The research group consists of competitors of early school age in acrobatic rock and roll (10), Latin American dances (10) and modern gymnastics (10). The results are interpreted by using the tables of frequency and bar graphs through a functions in Excel. Results: The Ranking aesthetic-coordination sports by success in the test musicality by Arnold Bentley is folowing: 1) Acrobatic rock and roll (58,1%), 2) Latin American dances (56,5%), 3) modern gymnastics (55,5%). Keywords: acrobatic rock and roll, music-movement relationships, Latin American dances, early school age, modern gymnastics