ICTUS Music Journal

Armorials Echoes: interview with Clóvis Pereira

2021-08-24T23:51:52+00:00

Clóvis Pereira is a Brazilian composer. He stands out for emphasizing in his compositions characteristics that are present in the popular cultures of the Northeast. This interest in his own culture is related to the life of the composer and to the classes he took, in the fifties of the 20^thcentury, with César Guerra-Peixe. In the late sixties, Clóvis Pereira was invited, by Ariano Suassuna, to be part of a group that wanted to create an authentically Brazilian art. Together with Jarbas Maciel and Cussy de Almeida, Clóvis Pereira was one of the artists responsible for creating the armorial music. Of the first three “armorial” musicians only Clóvis Pereira is alive. In 2017 I interviewed him for a research on armorial influences in the current music. In this text we present the main excerpts of this interview, with the aim of registering it and making it available.

Orchestration Studies: A New Field of Investigation? Reflections from the Actor Project

2021-10-09T13:34:24+00:00

The recent boom in publications in orchestration has led researchers and artists to rethink this centuries-old practice. At the heart of this movement are new studies that problematize the issue of timbre. In this paper, I present and discuss the multidisciplinary and inter-institutional “Actor project”, with the aim of examining some assumptions of what we can call “Orchestration Studies”.

Problems of playing and teaching piano: a pedagogical contribution by George Kochevitsky

2021-10-09T13:32:44+00:00

This article aims to discuss the contributions of George Kochevitsky, synthesized in his book The Art of Piano Playing, a scientific approach, especially, with regard to the problems of performance and piano pedagogy, in line with the thoughts of other renowned educators in the area. Due to its nature, the research was supported by the bibliographic method, based on: Kochevitsky (1967; 1996 and 2004), Sá Pereira (1964), Kaplan (2008), Gieseking and Leimer (1972), Neuhaus (1987), among others. The work aims to contribute to the studies on teaching and piano interpretation as a new theoretical work in Portuguese, emphasizing the importance of deepening this theme in the research of Theory and History of Pianism and Piano Pedagogy field.

A look at the intersections of scenic music, voice and multiple percussion based on relevant works from the percussive repertoire: “Toucher” (Vinko Globokar), “Mitos Brasileiros” (Ney Rosauro) and “A dois” (Tim Rescala)

2021-11-03T22:27:19+00:00

This article covers a brief introduction to the innovations that the 20th century has reserved for the percussive scene. Among these innovations are: the advent of multiple percussion, scenic music for percussion and the use of voice, among others. These innovations were influenced by artistic vanguards, experiences that redefined the performance and musical and scenic possibilities of the percussionist musician. These aspects are discussed here from a brief example of the works Toucher (1973) by Vinko Globokar, Mitos Brasileiros (1988) by Ney Rosauro and A Dois (1992) by Tim Rescala. between multiple percussion, the use of voice and the scenic element Our goal is to encourage the percussionist performer to expand the repertoire of performative choices in the process of preparing his performance.

Koellreutter como mediador entre os sul-americanos e o Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt entre 1949 e 1970

2021-09-30T17:09:50+00:00

Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (1915-2003) became known as the immigrant who introduced the twelve-tone technique in Brazil. Among his many activities to enrich Brazilian music, he was engaged in promoting Brazilian composers and composers from other South American countries at the Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik in Darmstadt. From 1949 to 1970, Koellreutter exchanged letters with the directors of the Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt. Settled on the material collected at IMD Archiv, the author of this article documents a part of the Darmstadt and Latin American connection from Koellreutter's perspective.

Keywords: New Music, Darmstadt, Latin America, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, Wolfgang Steinecke.

Forma, elementos de acaso e indeterminação em música: uma introdução

2021-04-16T10:14:52+00:00

O artigo introduz conceitos sobre Acaso e Indeterminação em Música, assim como Obras de Caráter Aberto. Para tal, inicia apresentando conceitos e concepções sobre Forma Musical, seguindo para Formas “Fechadas” e “Abertas”, Uso de Acaso e Indeterminação em Música, e Estratégias de Invariância. Apresenta, também, análises de exemplos musicais para ilustrar os conceitos apresentados, desta forma, complementando a explanação e facilitando a compreensão do conteúdo exposto.

Tempo e Expectativa em Música Popular: duas obras, duas origens

2021-10-09T13:31:15+00:00

O presente artigo aborda o processo composicional utilizado na canção Fé na Santa Sagrada Escritura, de Xangai (Eugênio Avelino) e Antônio Carlos M. Pinto, e na música instrumental Francamente #2, de Ataualba Meirelles. A primeira, música regionalista vinda da cultura popular; a segunda, vinda do fusion, numa mistura do jazz com a música popular brasileira; ambas concebidas na segunda metade do século XX. A abordagem dá enfoque a expectativas decorrentes de irregularidades na métrica e nos padrões de compasso. Apesar de ambas as composições apresentarem irregularidades temporais, as origens desses processos vêm de fontes distintas: uma da cultura popular, outra da academia. Iniciamos com uma explanação sobre a questão do tempo na música, para em seguida tecer uma análise abordando esse aspecto nas obras supracitadas.

A pergunta não respondida: Was ist musik?

2021-12-02T22:18:00+00:00

Text written by the author that serves as a background to the debate held at the I Sonariade, included in this volume.

Meu Mestre Nketia

2021-12-02T15:07:33+00:00

Author's posthumous tribute to ethnomusicologist Kwabena Nketia (1921-2019).

I SONARÍADE: Debatendo música, linguagem e cérebro

2021-12-02T22:22:38+00:00

The present work is the result of an initiative by Sonare - Center for Production, Documentation and Music Studies which, with the support of the Federal University of Bahia, mainly through its Music School, managed to materialize the 1st Sonaríade, the first of the series of online events dedicated to debating topics of interest to the music field in a multidisciplinary way, with the participation of invited experts in the various fields of knowledge involved in each opportunity. Thus, welcoming a thematic provocation proposed by Manoel Veiga, the other authors responded accordingly, based on their respective specialties. The text presented here only includes the provocation sent in advance, as well as the presentation sent to the event by Dean Veiga. In order not to betray the spontaneity of the participants and other resources used, the answers presented, as well as the other parts of the online event, were kept in the original audiovisual format and are available through the corresponding links.

Editorial

2021-12-02T22:36:18+00:00

Editorial of Vol. 15 n. 2 of the ICTUS Music Journal

Experiencias artísticas comunitarias em Educación. Creando vínculos escuela, universidad y sociedad,

2021-12-04T13:39:19+00:00

Resenha do livro “Experiencias artísticas comunitarias em Educación. Creando vínculos escuela, universidad y sociedad” coordenado por Noemy Berbel, Magdalena Jaume, María Elena Riaño e Maravillas Díaz.