Preliminary notes on the accompanied plainchaint in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century BrazilianPortuguese musical practice

the Hymn to St. John the Baptist by José Maurício Nunes Garcia

Authors

  • André Guerra Cotta Federal University of Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2008.54725

Keywords:

Plainchant, organ, sacred music, performance practice, José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian historical musicology

Abstract

Departing from evidences of the use of accompanied plainchant in the musical practice of Brazilian cathedrals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this study discusses preliminarily the use of documents belonging to the Cabido Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to support the realization of this type of repertoire, exemplified in Hymn to St. John the Baptist by Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia. It also encourages future studies on this subject and, especially, the performance of this music. Indirectly, it intends to give subsidies for new forms of use of the organ, re-inserting this liturgical repertoire in the present cultural and musical practices, stimulating the use of this instrument in the Brazilian historical circuits in which some exemplars remain.

Author Biography

  • André Guerra Cotta, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    André Guerra Cotta is a musicologist, Bachelor in Conducting, and Specialist in Brazilian Historical Musicology from the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He holds a Master's degree in Information Science from the School of Information Science at the same university, with the dissertation "The Treatment of Information in Collections of Brazilian Musical Manuscripts," in which he proposed the foundations of a musical archiving methodology. He coordinated the Project for Conservation and Definitive Installation of the Curt Lange Collection (UFMG/FUNDEP/PETROBRAS, 2005-2006). Currently, he coordinates the Curt Lange-UFMG Collection, is responsible for the installation of the collection and training of the team in the Project for Installation and Dissemination of the Museum of Music of Mariana (PETROBRAS/FUNDARQ), and is a doctoral candidate in Musicology at UNIRIO.

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2008-01-07

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No. 18 (2008): General Topics

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Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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“Preliminary Notes on the Accompanied Plainchaint in the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century BrazilianPortuguese Musical Practice: the Hymn to St. John the Baptist by José Maurício Nunes Garcia”. 2008. Per Musi, no. 18 (January): 28-34. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2008.54725.