Último retrato

unpublished edition of the chamber song by Dinorá de Carvalho and Maria Antonia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2026.61373

Keywords:

Brazilian music, Chamber song, Music editing, Dinorá de Carvalho, Maria Antonia

Abstract

Último retrato (Last portrait) is a chamber song composed by Dinorá de Carvalho with lyrics by Maria Antonia. Although composed in the mid-1950s, the song's score was never published. It was only in 2023 that it became possible to gather a set of musical documentary sources, including instrumental parts and a recording, enabling the critical edition of the complete piece to be produced. The objective of this work is to publish the score of the voice and piano version of Último Retrato , finally making it accessible to the public.

Author Biographies

  • Tadeu Moraes Taffarello, State University of Campinas, Brazil

    Tadeu Moraes Taffarello is a composer and music researcher. As a composer, his work focuses on instrumental and vocal music. As a researcher, he has been working at the Contemporary Music Documentation Center (CDMC) of the University of Campinas (Unicamp) since 2015. His current research is in the area of music publishing, resulting in the publication by the CIDDIC-CDMD Collection of books of musical scores whose documentary sources are in the CDMC collection. He is also accredited as a permanent professor in the postgraduate program in music at the Institute of Arts of Unicamp, where he teaches courses and supervises master's and doctoral thesis.

  • Raquel Juliana Prado Leite de Sousa, State University of Campinas, Brazil

    PhD in Education from UFSCar, in the area of History, Philosophy and Sociology of Education. She completed her postdoctoral studies at UFSCar, working with metric studies of scientific production. She holds a degree in Journalism (UNESP), Library Science and Information Science (UFSCar) and a degree in Portuguese Language (FIMI). She is currently a librarian at the Center for Documentation of Contemporary Music (CDMC) at UNICAMP. She has teaching experience in Library Science in both face-to-face and distance learning courses. She is a member of research groups on Brazilian music, reading and writing policies, and distance learning.

  • Lucas Zewe Uriarte, State University of Maringá, Brazil

    Lucas Zewe Uriarte holds a Bachelor's degree in Musical Composition from Unicamp (2012), a Master's degree (2015) and a Doctorate in Music (2021) from the same institution. He was supervised by Prof. Dr. José Augusto Mannis throughout his academic studies and received funding from FAPESP for his scientific initiation and doctoral projects. His research interests are musical creation and analysis, with a particular emphasis on contemporary music and Brazilian song repertoire. He works as a composer, arranger, choral conductor, accompanist, and teacher in the areas of music theory, perception, analysis, composition, and guitar.

  • Flávio Cardoso de Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

    Full Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Post-Doctorate in Music from UFMG in 2017. As an opera singer, he has performed in recitals, concerts, and operas in Brazil and abroad, always dedicated to promoting the repertoire of Brazilian art songs. He participated in the creation of the Norms for the Pronunciation of Brazilian Portuguese in Classical Singing in 2007, actively working on its dissemination. As a researcher, he works in the fields of Brazilian Historical Musicology, Vocal Pedagogy, and Critical Editions of Brazilian art songs, with five published books: Canções de Dinorá de Carvalho: Uma análise interpretativa (2002); A ópera Abul de Alberto Nepomuceno: patrimônio musical na Primeira República do Brasil (2016); Canções de Dinorá de Carvalho para voz e piano (2017); Salmo XXII para barítono e conjunto de câmara (2019); and Peças corais de Dinorá de Carvalho: para coro SATB a cappella (2020).

  • Caio Csizmar Soares Lourenço, State University of Campinas, Brazil

    Graduated in composition at EMESP Tom Jobim in 2022 and currently studying composition at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), he works in the area of composition and musical research, with an emphasis on contemporary music. As a composer, his music has participated in several festivals and programs in Brazil and abroad. In 2023, he was a participant in the Atelier de Composição Lírica at Theatro São Pedro, which encourages the creation of an opera and grants a scholarship to those selected. He currently works at CDMC as a scientific initiation scholarship holder from Fapesp, with the research Jogos no parque infantil Dom Pedro II, by Dinorá de Carvalho: musical edition.

  • Vitor Alves de Mello Lopes, State University of Campinas, Brazil

    Vitor Alves de Mello Lopes is a pianist, composer, researcher, and music editor. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Classical Piano and Music Composition from the University of Campinas (Unicamp), and was a scholarship recipient of the Magda Tagliaferro Foundation between 2017 and 2018. He is currently a Master's student in Music at the Institute of Arts of Unicamp, in the area Music: Theory, Creation and Practice, and the research line Music, Culture and Society. His research focuses on the solo piano works of composer Dinorá de Carvalho, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tadeu Moraes Taffarello.

  • Elias Aparecido Corrêa, State University of Campinas, Brazil

    Elias Aparecido Corrêa is a violist, violinist, composer, researcher and teaches violin and viola at the Momento Musical school in Campinas. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Music in the Viola d'Arco category from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). Currently at the Institute of Arts at Unicamp, he is graduating in Composition, and is also a Master's student in Music, in the area Music: Theory, Creation and Practice, and the research line Music, Culture and Society. His research is an ethnographic work on the Irish traditional music scene in the state of São Paulo, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Suzel Ana Reily.

References

Carvalho, Flávio. 2001. Canções de Dinorá de Carvalho: uma análise interpretativa. Campinas, SP: Editora da UNICAMP.

Figueiredo, Carlos Alberto. 2014. Música sacra e religiosa brasileira dos séculos XVIII e XIX: teorias e práticas editoriais, 2nd rev. ed. [n.p.]. http://www.musicasacrabrasileira.com.br/ebooks/Musica_sacra.pdf. Accessed August 14, 2023.

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2026-03-11

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Vol. 27 (2026): General Topics

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Music Scores

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“Último Retrato: Unpublished Edition of the Chamber Song by Dinorá De Carvalho and Maria Antonia”. 2026. Per Musi 27 (March): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2026.61373.

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