The Innovation in the 1930’s

Vadico’s contribution to Brazilian popular music

Authors

  • Rafael dos Santos State University of Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55237

Keywords:

Vadico, brazilian popular music, popular music and aesthetics, samba-canção, music analysis

Abstract

During the 1930s, Brazilian Popular Music was strongly influenced by tangos, blues, jazz bands and musicals. During that period, a new type of popular music marked by hibridisms and with urban features appears in Brazil, through technical and stylistic innovations, including: more chromatic harmony, orchestration and new instrumental combinations. By identifying rhythmic, melodic, harmonic and structural aspects of Feitio de oração (the first composition by Noel Rosa and Vadico), the purpose of this work is to verify how much Vadico contributed for the creation of new aesthetical patterns in Brazilian Popular Music.

Author Biography

  • Rafael dos Santos, State University of Campinas

    Rafael dos Santos holds a Doctorate in Music/Piano from the University of Iowa - USA, under the guidance of Prof. Daniel Shapiro. He is a Professor in the Music Department at the Institute of Arts at UNICAMP, where he participated in the creation of the Popular Music program. He coordinates the Research Group "Popular Music: History, Production, and Language" (CNPq). He regularly performs as a soloist, arranger, conductor, composer, and teacher. He is the Coordinator of the project for the creation and implementation of the Conservatory of Popular Music City of Itajaí.

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Published

2006-07-01

Issue

No. 14 (2006): General Topics

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Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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“The Innovation in the 1930’s: Vadico’s Contribution to Brazilian Popular Music”. 2006. Per Musi, no. 14 (July): 33-43. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55237.