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�A General History of Music in Brazil

� Traditional, classical and mass media

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Nogueira de Castro Monteiro

UFCA - Universidade Federal do Cariri

Brazil

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Brazilian music in Colonial and Imperial times (16th-19th centuries)

The construction of a national identity

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Introduction

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Portuguese empire in the 16th century

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1519 Brazilian Map

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1562 Brazilian Map

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Jean de Léry

1578 : Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil, autrement dite Amerique.

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The fusion of the crowns - 1580-1640

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Brazilian provinces - 1709

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Brazilian provinces - 1822

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Brasil: 8.511.965 km2

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EU:4.422.773 km2

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18th and 19th centuries: the search for an identity

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Carlos de Seixas (Coimbra, Lisboa, 1704-1742)

Mass in G major

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Norwegian Baroque Orchestra (Directed / organ by Ketil Haugsand)

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David Perez (Naples, 1711 - Lisbon, 1778)

Christmas Responsories 1756 - 1st: Hodie nobis

Ludovice Ensemble

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Counterpoint: Francisco António de Almeida (Portugal - c.1722-c.1755)

Te Deum: Te Dominum - Capella Joanina

João Paulo Janeiro

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Luis Álvares Pinto (Recife, 1719-1789)

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25 Solfejos - 1776

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Te Deum

  • Musique des Lumières

Jean-Christoph Frisch

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Modinhas do Brasil - c. 1790 - Biblioteca da Ajuda

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Landum - notated by Spix and Martius in 1817

Conjunto de Câmara Victoria Antiga

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Minas Gerais,

the Brazilian State that was the main center of the mining extraction of gold in the 18th century - and also the homeland of most of the composers to be discussed in the next slides.

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Ignácio Parreiras Neves (Vila Rica 1730 - 1794)

Salve Regina

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Manoel Dias de Oliveira (1738-1813)

Magnificat

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Te Deum

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Francisco Gomes da Rocha (Vila Rica, 1745 - RJ 1808)

Novena de N.a S.a do Pilar - 1789

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José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (Serro, 1746- RJ 1805)

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Salve Regina

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Salve Regina

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Missa em Fá - Kyrie

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Beata Mater - Magnificat

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José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767-1830)

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Tota pulchra est Maria - 1783

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Abertura Zemira - 1803

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Ulissea - Drama heróico - 1809

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Réquiem - 1816

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Marília Bela - Já que só estou dando ais

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  • Beijo a mão que me condena
  • a ser sempre desgraçado
  • obedeço ao meu destino
  • respeito o poder do fado.

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  • Que eu ame tanto, sem ser amado
  • sou infeliz, sou desgraçado.

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Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (Paranaguá, 1846- Berlim, 1913)

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A Sertaneja - 1869

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