A possible interpretation of the musical reference in De Umbris by Oiliam Lanna

Authors

  • Cecília Nazaré de Lima Federal University of Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2001.57785

Keywords:

semiotics, musical reference, musical meaning, Brazilian contemporary music, Brazilian chamber music, De Umbris

Abstract

The present study is an inquiry, based on the semiotic theory of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), about the possible meanings that can be extracted from the piece De Umbris, for two bassoons and piano, composed in 1992 by Oiliam Lanna. The horizon of this science is very broad, touching different areas of human knowledge (psychoanalysis, literature, music, etc.). The musical reference, one of the foci of the theory, was the one chosen for the analysis of De Umbris. Musical reference refers to the way in which the sign relates to its respective object, its semantics. The initial impressions about the piece were associated with the concepts of Peirce regarding icon, index and symbol and this approach resulted in new interpretations of the discourse. It is hoped that this attempt at applying the semiotic theory in musical analysis will yield good fruits and provoke the interest of other performers in finding new approaches of the musical discourse.

Author Biography

  • Cecília Nazaré de Lima, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Bachelor in Composition from the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, in Belo Horizonte, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of General Music Theory (DTGM) at this institution, teaching the subjects Counterpoint and Fugue, Musical Perception, and Harmony. She is currently in the final stage of her master's degree at the Institute of Arts of the State University of Campinas (IA/UNICAMP), under the supervision of Prof. Maria Lúcia Senna Machado Pascoal. In the research line Theoretical Foundations of the Arts/Musical Arts, she develops a study on the twelve-tone phase of Guerra-Peixe.

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2001-01-01

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“A Possible Interpretation of the Musical Reference in De Umbris by Oiliam Lanna”. 2001. Per Musi, no. 03 (January): 57-69. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2001.57785.

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