This lecture-recital paper deals with some of the music of the early 1900's, examining both original xylophone solos and piano rags arranged for the xylophone. An attempt is made to identify the role of the xylophone in ragtime music and its implications for the present day xylophonist. In this investigation a brief history of ragtime music is presented along with the history of the xylophone. The history of ragtime is traced from its beginnings around 1890 to its decline during the 1930's, developing from cakewalks and folk rags into its various styles of Classic rags, Popular rags, Advanced rags, and Novelty rags. The history of the xylophone is traced from the middle ages to its emergence as an orchestral instrument, popularized by a Polish Jew named Michael Josef Gusikov during the early 1800"s. The popularity of the xylophone in the United States increased along with that of ragtime music; from approximately 1890 to 1935 the xylophone experienced what most refer to as its "golden age." Many solos for the instrument, both original and transcribed, were published toward the end of this era. As the popularity of the xylophone declined, these solos went out of print.

Orientador: Fernando Augusto de Almeida Hashimoto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T07:33:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mendes_HelvioMonteiro_M.pdf: 11326348 bytes, checksum: 8cd1192b5d05502160f2f87f1dfe4d6e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: A presente dissertação realizou um estudo interpretativo sobre a peça intitulada Suíte para Xilofone e Piano, composta em 1974 por Osvaldo Lacerda, sendo essa a primeira obra no Brasil que eleva o xilofone a um caráter de instrumento de destaque para além do plano orquestral, em duo com piano. Esse estudo interpretativo se baseia na linguagem estética da música nacionalista em que o compositor está atrelado, bem como em outros fatores ligados à análise dos elementos musicais da peça, e discute as decisões interpretativas tomadas e a solução de problemas técnicos instrumentais presentes na obra. Adicionalmente, o estudo sobre a obra serve como pano de fundo para a realização do levantamento histórico do xilofone no Brasil / Abstract: This work intends to perform an interpretative study on Suite for Xylophone and Piano, by Osvaldo Lacerda, composed in 1974. This piece is the first suite written for xylophone in Brazil that elevates this instrument from the orchestral role to a piano duo. The interpretative study is based in nationalist musical¿s aesthetics language, in which the composer was inserted, as well as the analysis of the musical elements of the work, and discusses the interpretative decisions and the solution of technical issues along the piece. In addition, this study serves as background for a historical survey about the xylophone in Brazil / Mestrado / Praticas Interpretativas / Mestre em Música