Ernesto Nazareth and the waltz from Radamés Gnattali’s Suíte Retratos

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Keywords:

Radamés Gnattali, Ernesto Nazareth, Vals, Retratos, Expansivo

Abstract

Written in 1956 by Brazilian composer Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988) for solo mandolin, choro ensemble and strings orchestra, Retratos (namely, Portraits in Portuguese) is a four movement suite that pays homage to some of the most significant personalities in the history of Brazilian popular music: Pixinguinha, Ernesto Nazareth, Anacleto de Medeiros and Chiquinha Gonzaga. What shapes and supports the suite’s narrative is the idea that the movements represent musical portraits of these composers. The focus of this study is the suite’s second movement, the waltz, observing how it is related to its respective model, the waltz Expansiva by Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934). In order to illustrate this parallel, a more comparative than formal analysis will be provided, in an attempt to expand the view from the historical context to musical facts, drawing special attention to all cross-references present in the work.

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Author Biography

Luciano Chagas Lima, Université de Montréal (Canadá)

D. from the Université de Montréal (Canada), Master from McGill University (Canada) and Bachelor in guitar from the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná. As a researcher, he defended his doctoral thesis on the Four Solo Guitar Concertos by Radamés Gnattali, and has published articles in the annals of academic events such as XIX ANPPOM Congress, SIMPEMUS 5, and II Embap's Academic Symposium of Guitar. He was part of the teaching staff of the École des jeunes and of the Service d'activités culturelles of the Université de Montréal, in Canada, and also of the 20th, 27th and 28th editions of the Music Workshop of Curitiba, the 29th Londrina Music Festival and the III EMBRAP Academic Guitar Symposium. Conciliated with his teaching and research activities, Luciano has developed a career as an arranger, soloist and chamber musician, having performed in Canada, the United States, and Brazil.

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Published

2011-01-10

How to Cite

Lima, Luciano Chagas. 2011. “Ernesto Nazareth and the Waltz from Radamés Gnattali’s Suíte Retratos”. Per Musi, no. 23 (January):1-11. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/42548.

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No. 23 (2011): General Topics

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Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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