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Orientador: Silvio Ferraz Mello Filho / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T12:56:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Penha_GustavoRodrigues_M.pdf: 6936744 bytes, checksum: 7acb5e659563bf1478fe72c57654ad86 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Este trabalho busca compreender o conceito de reescritura e aplicá-lo na análise de peças compostas durante os séculos XX e XXI. Num primeiro momento são delimitadas os campos de atuação da noção de reescritura tal como a compreendemos, a partir de uma fundamentação teórica provinda principalmente na crítica literária pós-estruturalista, em textos de autores como Gérard Genette, Monique Goullet e Anne-Claire Gignoux. Entretanto, a parte mais extensa do trabalho está na análise de diferentes ferramentas e operadores composicionais relacionados à reescritura na música, que serão observados em Monumentum, de Igor Stravinsky, Chemins IV de Luciano Berio, AN de Stefano Gervasoni, e Passo de Manoel Dias de Silvio Ferraz. Como parte da pesquisa há também a partitura e uma breve análise de entorno de nenhum, nehuma, peça composta pelo autor deste trabalho, com o intuito da aplicação direta da ideia da reescritura numa prática composicional própria / Abstract: This works seeks to understand the concept of re-writing and apply it in theanalysis of musical works composed in the XX and XXI centuries. Firstly, the practice areas of the notion of rewriting are delimited, as we understand it, from a theorical approach stemmed mainly in post-structuralist literary criticism in texts by authors such as Gérard Genette, Monique Goullet and Anne-Claire Gignoux. However, the most extensive part of this work is the analysis of different tools and compositional operators related to rewriting on music, which will be observed in Monumentum of Igor Stravinsky, Luciano Berio of Chemins IV, AN of Stefano Gervasoni, and Passo de Manoel Dias of Silvio Ferraz. As part of the research there is also the score and a brief analysis of entorno de nenhum, nenhuma, piece composed by the author of this work, with the intention of the direct application of the idea of rewriting in his own compositional practice / Mestrado / Processos Criativos / Mestre em Música

Orientador: Aci Taveira Meyer / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T21:14:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rosa_LiliadeOliveira_D.pdf: 4441858 bytes, checksum: 53564442162a3cc196ba783dfe47aadc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O objetivo principal desta pesquisa é estudar três peças aleatórias do compositor pelotense Luiz Carlos Lessa Vinholes - Instrução 61, para quatro instrumentos quaisquer (1961); Instrução 62, para instrumentos de teclado (1962); e Peça/Pessa para fazer Psiu/Xi, para bocas (1979) - e, a partir da análise deste material, criar atividades pedagógicas para o uso em salas de musicalização com crianças na faixa-etária de seis a dez anos de idade. O trabalho desenvolveu-se a partir das seguintes questões: Como estimular a imaginação e a criatividade da criança? Quais tipos de músicas ou obras contemporâneas seriam adequados para tal propósito? As peças de Vinholes apresentam-se como possível resposta para estas questões, justamente por serem aleatórias e não exigirem dos usuários qualquer conhecimento musical tradicional ou, ainda, por utilizarem novos códigos ou notações de fácil leitura ou entendimento. Para a comprovação da hipótese, a pesquisadora utilizou-se da abordagem qualitativa, privilegiando a obtenção de dados descritivos mediante contato direto e interativo com a situação objeto de estudo. Na fundamentação, as principais abordagens pedagógicas da segunda metade do século XX foram discutidas, no intuito de compreender os pressupostos educacionais de pedagogos contemporâneos e contextualizar as peças de Vinholes no âmbito educacional. O trabalho propõe, ainda, a criação de um site para a preservação e divulgação da vida e obra de Vinholes, bem como da presente pesquisa. A autora acredita que este trabalho possa contribuir para o surgimento de novas reflexões, hipóteses, estudos e pesquisas no âmbito da pedagogia musical e do repertório contemporâneo e, principalmente, na formação e postura didática de futuros professores de música e musicalização / Abstract: The main objective of this research is to study three aleatory pieces by the composer from Pelotas/RS Luiz Carlos Lessa Vinholes: Instrução 61, for any four instruments (1961); Instrução 62, for keyboard instruments (1962); and Peça/Pessa para fazer Psiu/Xi, for mouthes (1979) and, from the analysis of this material, create pedagogical activities for use in musicalization classes with children from six to ten years old. This work has been developed from the following questions: How to stimulate the child's imagination and creativity? What kind of music or contemporary works would be appropriate for such purpose? The pieces by L. C. Vinholes are presented as possible answers to these questions, precisely because they are aleatory, do not require any knowledge of traditional music and, better yet, for using new codes and notation of easy reading and understanding. To prove this hypothesis, the researcher used the qualitative approach focusing on obtaining descriptive data through direct and interactive contact with the object of study situation. In the grounds, the main pedagogical approaches of the second half of the twentieth century were discussed in order to understand the educational assumptions of contemporary educators and contextualize the pieces by Vinholes in the educational scope. The paper also proposes the creation of a site for the preservation and dissemination of some aspects of the activities and work of L. C. Vinholes, as well as to make available the present research. The author believes that this work can contribute to the rise of a new thinking, assumptions, studies and researches in the field of music pedagogy and contemporary repertoire, especially in training and didactic/pedagogical attitude of teachers of music and musicalization / Doutorado / Doutor em Música

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A presente pesquisa se propõe a investigar as características fundamentais da música-teatro de Gilberto Mendes. O trabalho divide-se em três partes. No primeiro capítulo, apresentamos uma ampla revisão bibliográfica sobre o desenvolvimento do gênero música-teatro, buscando sua raiz desde a ideia de Gesamtkunstwerk de Wagner, passando pelas experiências das primeiras décadas do século XX, até seu estabelecimento de fato como uma prática, nos anos 60. Também procuramos promover um diálogo entre a obra de Gilberto Mendes e as pesquisas contemporâneas sobre música-teatro, especialmente com Salzman & Dési (2008) e Roesner & Rebstock (2012), a fim de inserir o compositor dentro da discussão internacional sobre o gênero. No segundo capítulo, investigamos minuciosamente os principais traços constituintes da linguagem composicional de música-teatro do compositor, visando identificar seus processos mais recorrentes e idiomáticos. Por fim, no terceiro capítulo analisamos quatro obras de Gilberto Mendes: Cidade (1964), Son et Lumière (1968), O Último Tango em Vila Parisi (1987) e Escorbuto - Cantos da Costa (2006). Para desenvolver as análises, adaptamos a teoria de multimídia musical de Nicholas Cook (1998), de modo que pudéssemos identificar os tipos de relações e soluções operados por Gilberto Mendes na composição com elementos artísticos de origens diversas. Consideramos que esta pesquisa contribuirá para as pesquisas sobre a música-teatro produzida fora dos grandes centros europeus, além de aumentar o escopo de estudos sobre o gênero no Brasil e, especialmente, sobre a produção de Gilberto Mendes. / This current research aims at investigating the fundamental characteristics of Gilberto Mendes\'s music theater. This work is divided into three parts. In the first chapter, we present a broad bibliographical review about the development of music theater genre, seeking its root from Wagner\'s idea of Gesamtkunstwerk, going from the experiences of the first decades of the twentieth century to its actual establishment as a practice, in the 60s. We also seek to promote a dialogue between Gilberto Mendes\'s works and contemporary researches on music theater, especially Salzman & Dési (2008) and Roesner & Rebstock (2012), in order to insert the composer into the international discussion about the genre. In the second chapter, we scrutinize the main constituent features of the composer\'s compositional language of music theater, in order to identify its most recurrent and idiomatic processes. Finally, in the third chapter we analyze four Gilberto Mendes\'s works: Cidade (1964), Son et Lumière (1968), O Último Tango em Vila Parisi (1987) and Escorbuto - Cantos da Costa (2006). In order to develop the analyses, we adapted Nicholas Cook\'s musical multimedia theory (1998), so that we could identify types of relations and solutions operated by Gilberto Mendes in the composition with artistic elements from diverse origins. We consider that this research will contribute with music theater researches done outside major European centers, in addition to increasing the scope of studies about this genre in Brazil and, especially, about Gilberto Mendes\'s production.

Du 19e siècle à nos jours, la musique chinoise a pris une nouvelle direction. La création musicale en Chine s'est développée à travers les diverses cultures et les changements de politique, conférant ainsi un charme particulier à la musique contemporaine chinoise. A partir du début de l'imitation occidentale et juste avant la fondation de la nouvelle Chine, les musiciens chinois sont parvenus à associer les éléments musicaux chinois avec les nouveaux langages musicaux. Au cours de certaines périodes, l'art avait été asservi au pouvoir politique et la création musicale de style traditionnel était l'identité principale. Après de vagues stratégies d’Etat successives, l’évitement des thèmes sensibles, les besoins urgents de la culture racine, la mise en œuvre des techniques expérimentales s’est déployée et diversifiée et les échanges internationaux ont conduit à l'émergence du départ à l'étranger des compositeurs chinois pour chercher leur propre chemin créatif. La musique contemporaine de la Chine s’est élaborée à partir de la technique occidentale et a progressé dans le contexte culturel chinois et ses racines multiples, les pensées fermées et les expériences d'enfance dans l'environnement culturel pur et la collision du nouvel environnement créent des œuvres d'art fascinantes, la rendant remarquablement différente de la musique contemporaine occidentale. Durant ces 30 dernières années de développement économique et d'ouverture politique, la société chinoise s’est de plus en plus internationalisée; les nouvelles technologies et les profils variés des compositeurs ont incité la nouvelle génération à mettre en place d’excellentes innovations musicales spécifiques. / As of the 19th century up to now, Chinese music has been taking a new direction and has developed in the wake of social evolutions. In China, the musical creation was affected by both the various cultures and political changes, thus bestowing a special charm on contemporary Chinese music. From the beginning of Western imitation and just before the founding of the new China, Chinese musicians succeeded in matching the Chinese musical elements with the new musical languages. Throughout specific periods, art had been bound to political power, and traditional style constituted the main identity of musical creation. Following the Cultural Revolution, the return to the root culture, the implementation of diversified experimental techniques have resulted in the departure of Chinese composers abroad in search of their own creative way. Contemporary Chinese music developed from Western technique and progressed in the Chinese cultural context and its multiple roots, closed thoughts and childhood experiences in the pure cultural environment and the collision of the new environment is now creating fascinating works of art, remarkably different from Western contemporary music. During the last 30 years of economic development and political openness, Chinese society has become increasingly internationalized; the new technologies and the varied profiles of composers have prompted the new generation to set up outstanding specific musical innovations.

Le théâtre de la cruauté d’Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) participe à une libération des langages artistiques au profit du sens déterminante dans l’histoire de l’art du XXème siècle. Dans ce théâtre, l’acteur représente le point de départ d’un langage originaire fondé sur le souffle et le geste qui favorise une communication affective avec le spectateur. Le théâtre musical de la cruauté de Wolfgang Rihm (1952) s’inspire de ce langage à travers les thématiques du rite, du mythe et du rêve, porteuses d’un théâtre inhérent à la vie. Ces thématiques sont propices au développement d’une vocalité qui rend perceptible la corporalité du chanteur grâce à une déconstruction de la matière langagière. Rihm exploite la matière phonique de la langue sous forme de glossolalies, cherche différents aspects du cri en tant qu’élément premier du langage, utilise le souffle comme une matière sonore. Cette vocalité rejoint son approche instrumentale qui travaille le son à partir du timbre, du rythme et de l’intensité sans chercher à l’enfermer dans une logique systémique. Intégrée au processus compositionnel, la disposition des musiciens et des chanteurs dans l’espace rejoint également la conception d’un espace scénique vivant dans le théâtre d’Artaud. Au fur et à mesure de son théâtre musical de la cruauté, Rihm laisse ses matériaux sonores inspirés par Artaud se réécrire dans une forme de palimpseste. / The theater of cruelty of Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) participates in a liberation of artistic language over decisive meaning in the history of 20th century art. In this theater the actor is the starting point for a language of origins founded on breath and gesture, which promotes affective communication with the audience. The musical theater of Wolfgang Rihm (1952) takes it’s inspiration from this language via the themes of ritual, myth, and dream, all which bear a theater inherent to life. These themes are developed through a vocalization, which renders visible the corporeality of the singer through a deconstruction of language matter. Rihm exploits the phonic matter of language in the form of glossolalia, seeking different aspects of the scream as the primal element of language, employing breath as sonorous matter. This vocalization rejoins his instrumental approach, which uses sound drawn from timbre, rhythm and intensity without seeking to enclose it within a logical system. Integrated into the compositional process, the spacial arrangement of the musicians and the singers rejoins the concept of a living scenic space in Artaud’s theater. As Rihm’ s musical theater of cruelty progresses, it allows the sonoral matter inspired by Artaud to rewrite itself in a form of palimpsest.

The present Doctoral Thesis focuses his research monographically on the figure of the Valencian composer D. Vicente Ramón Ramos Villanueva (1954-2012), considered one of the most relevant composers of the contemporary musical Valencian panorama of the last thirty years. Due to the lack of in-depth studies on the author, a short time after his premature death, the objectives of this work are focused on illuminating the different planes that make up the figure of the Valencian composer: biographical, catalographical and analytic-aesthetical. The structure and content of the Thesis is defined as follows: -I. INTRODUCTION: It includes the justification of the subject, the detailed study of the state of the question, the definition of the objectives and the planning of the methodology and sources for the research. -II. RESULTS: Where the body of research is exposed, divided into three planes that interact about the author. ·Biographical plane: Where the human side of the composer is treated, situating ourselves in the understanding of the social, vital and personal conjunctures that conditioned his artistic development (formation, received influences, developed work and aesthetic evolution). For this, a brief description of the socio-musical contexts is presented, followed by an extensive chronological biography divided in artistic-vital stages, narrated in detail and illustrated, and exposing a final approximation to the personality of the author. ·Catalographical plane: Detailed cataloguing of the author's entire corpus, until now non-existent, is carried out, as well as the crucial recovery of the scores of his grave situation of dispersion, gathering them here in a Digital Archive. ·Analytical and musical aesthetic plane: From the scores recovered for the Digital Archive, a musical analysis of the author's chamber production is carried out first, addressing a total of 56 works analyzed that cover the 32 years of musical production of the author. Later on, based on the observation and global analysis of the analyzes, establish the aesthetic, stylistic and thematic foundations of the musical language of Ramón Ramos, being able also in the last instance to determine throughout its different artistic stages the evolutionary line of its Musical aesthetics. -III. CONCLUSIONS: The final conclusions reached after the research carried out in the three levels about the author, as well as the reports on the results obtained, are presented. In addition, it points out the possible pending tasks and the research perspectives that are opened from this Doctoral Thesis. The Thesis ends with the enumeration of IV. BIBLIOGRAPHY consulted, and followed by the documentary ANNEXES and in digital format. / La presente Tesis Doctoral centra su investigación monográficamente en la figura del compositor valenciano D. Vicente Ramón Ramos Villanueva (1954-2012), considerado uno de los compositores más relevantes del panorama musical contemporáneo valenciano de los últimos treinta años. Ante la inexistencia de estudios profundos sobre el autor, escaso tiempo tras su prematuro fallecimiento, los objetivos del presente trabajo están enfocados a alumbrar los diferentes planos que componen la figura del compositor valenciano: biográfico, catalográfico y analítico estético. La estructura y el contenido de la Tesis se define del siguiente modo: -I. INTRODUCCIÓN: Incluye la justificación del tema, el estudio detallado del estado de la cuestión, la definición de los objetivos y la planificación de la metodología y fuentes para la investigación. -II. RESULTADOS: Donde se expone el cuerpo de las investigaciones, dividido en tres planos que interaccionan acerca del autor. ·Plano biográfico: Donde se trata el lado humano del compositor situándonos en la comprensión de las coyunturas sociales, vitales y personales que condicionaron su desarrollo artístico (formación, influencias recibidas, labor desarrollada y evolución estética). Para ello se expone una breve descripción de los contextos socio-musicales, seguido de una amplia biografía cronológica dividida en etapas artístico-vitales, narrada detalladamente e ilustrada, y exponiendo una final aproximación a la personalidad del autor. ·Plano catalográfico: Se lleva a cabo la catalogación detallada del corpus completo del autor, hasta ahora inexistente, así como la crucial recuperación de las partituras de su grave situación de dispersión, reuniéndolas aquí en un Archivo Digital. ·Plano analítico y estético musical: A partir de las partituras recuperadas para el Archivo Digital se realiza en primer lugar un análisis musical de la producción camerística del autor, abordando un total de 56 obras analizadas que abarcan los 32 años de producción musical del autor. Para posteriormente, a partir de la observación y estudio global de los análisis realizados, establecer los fundamentos estéticos, estilísticos y temáticos del lenguaje musical de Ramón Ramos, pudiendo además en última instancia determinarse a lo largo de sus diferentes etapas artísticas la línea evolutiva de su estética musical. -III. CONCLUSIONES: Se exponen las conclusiones finales alcanzadas tras las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en los tres planos acerca del autor, así como los informes sobre los resultados obtenidos. Además, se apuntan las posibles tareas pendientes y las perspectivas de investigación que se abren a partir de la presente Tesis Doctoral. La Tesis finaliza con la enumeración de la IV. BIBLIOGRAFÍA consultada, y seguida por los ANEXOS documentales y en formato digital. / La present Tesi Doctoral centra la seua investigació monogràficament en la figura del compositor valencià D. Vicente Ramón Ramos Villanueva (1954- 2012), considerat un dels compositors més rellevants del panorama musical contemporani valencià dels últims trenta anys. Davant de la inexistència d'estudis profunds sobre l'autor, escàs temps després de la seua prematura defunció, els objectius del present treball estan enfocats a il¿luminar els diferents plans que componen la figura del compositor valencià: biogràfic, catalogràfic i analític estètic. L'estructura i el contingut de la Tesi es definix de la manera següent: -I. INTRODUCCIÓ: Inclou la justificació del tema, l'estudi detallat de l'estat de la qüestió, la definició dels objectius i la planificació de la metodologia i fonts per a la investigació. -II. RESULTATS: On s'exposa el cos de les investigacions, dividit en tres plans que interaccionen sobre l'autor. ·Pla biogràfic: On es tracta el costat humà del compositor situant-nos en la comprensió de les conjuntures socials, vitals i personals que van condicionar el seu desenrotllament artístic (formació, influències rebudes, labor desenrotllada i evolució estètica). Per a això s'exposa una breu descripció dels contextos sociomusicals, seguit d'una àmplia biografia cronològica dividida en etapes artisticovitals, narrada detalladament i il¿lustrada, i exposant una final aproximació a la personalitat de l'autor. ·Pla catalogràfic: Es du a terme la catalogació detallada del corpus complet de l'autor, fins ara inexistent, així com la crucial recuperació de les partitures de la seua greu situació de dispersió, reunint-les ací en un Arxiu Digital. ·Pla analític i estètic musical: A partir de les partitures recuperades per a l'Arxiu Digital es realitza en primer lloc un anàlisi musical de la producció camerística de l'autor, abordant un total de 56 obres analitzades que comprenen els 32 anys de producció musical de l'autor. Per a posteriorment, a partir de l'observació i estudi global dels anàlisis realitzats, establir els fonaments estètics, estilístics i temàtics del llenguatge musical de Ramón Ramos, podent a més en última instància determinar-se al llarg de les seues diferents etapes artístiques la línia evolutiva de la seua estètica musical. -III. CONCLUSIONS: S'exposen les conclusions finals aconseguides després de les investigacions dutes a terme en els tres plans sobre l'autor, així com els informes sobre els resultats obtinguts. A més, s'apunten les possibles tasques pendents i les perspectives d'investigació que s'obrin a partir de la present Tesi Doctoral. La Tesi finalitza amb l'enumeració de la IV. BIBLIOGRAFIA consultada, i seguida pels ANNEXOS documentals i en format digital. / Oltra García, H. (2017). EL COMPOSITOR VALENCIANO VICENTE RAMÓN RAMOS VILLANUEVA (1954-2012): BIOGRAFÍA, CATÁLOGO DE OBRA Y FUNDAMENTOS ESTÉTICOS A TRAVÉS DEL ANÁLISIS MUSICAL DE SU OBRA CAMERÍSTICA [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/90471 / TESIS

Diverse practicing methods are evidence of the importance of applying creativity in our practice regimes. Regardless of a player's technique - traditional or modern - it must be regularly practiced and then applied. One of the most common ways to do that is through practicing technical exercises, which generally means the practice of scales, arpeggios and etudes. These exercises generally function as a warm-up regime for all musicians, but this regime doesn't necessarily provide enough reference for the player in the learning process of a new piece. Adapting exercises to address technical difficulties in a newly learned piece can provide the player with a wide range of practice methods to use, to be creative, to be more aware while practicing, and to build a solid technical foundation for the newly learned piece. Two well-known pedagogues who applied this approach are German bassist Ludwig Streicher and Czech violinist Otakar Ševčik. By implementing analytical studies and composing exercises based on the standard repertoire, Ševčik and Streicher became highly influential teachers in the 20th century. Their work serves as a model in achieving the purposes of this dissertation: the assessment of technical difficulties and compilation of a technique booklet based on six unaccompanied contemporary solo pieces written as required works for the solo competition of the International Society of Bassists' biennial convention since 2007.

Piano instructors often have to work as a bridge connecting music from the past and the future. From a pedagogical viewpoint, contemporary works should be considered just as important as those in the standard repertoire. Yet, most piano instructors are skewed towards modern music and their teaching materials are focused on eighteenth and nineteenth century repertoire. It is essential for them to introduce various kinds of music from different periods and cultures in order to fully develop a student's musicianship. The purpose of this study is to compare two modern works that are designed mainly for pedagogical purposes: 32 Piano Games by Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997) and Amusements by Stephen Chatman (b. 1950). These compositions are intended for beginner and intermediate students and incorporate a number of contemporary elements and techniques. This study can help instructors and students understand how these elements are being used and the ways they have evolved over time. Most importantly, this dissertation can provide teachers with a distinct methodology that enables them to present modern pieces to beginning level students in a more approachable fashion, further providing theoretical and technical assets that will allow them to play advanced contemporary music in the future.