Multiplicity of vocal dramatic and expressive resources from the analysis of the work Sound - for four female voices, light, scene and amplification - by Luiz Carlos Csekö

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the multiplicity of vocal, dramatic and expressive resources, besides to the diversity of styles and trends in the interfaces between singing and performance and the expansion of the scenic-musical space based on the analysis of the work Sound, for four female voices, light, scene and amplification by composer Luiz Carlos Csekö.  After a brief account of the composer's trajectory, the strategies used by Csekö to register his work such as Hybrid Graphic Notation, Suspended Time and Interfaces with Multimedia and Intermediates, beyond the use of miking and amplification in his approach to the concept of electroacoustic amalgam. Apart from Sound, three selected vocal works also explored by the composer will be mentioned like the huge range of possibilities and particular sound materials, the manipulation of text translated into textures and indications of scenic elements to the interpreter.