A gravação do ciclo brasileiro de Villa-Lobos para o projeto memória da música brasileira

Abstract

This dissertation comprises a memorial, an article, and a final product presented to the Professional Graduate Program in Music (PPGPROM) of the Music School of Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). The memorial and the final product focus on the process of studying and recording Ciclo brasileiro, a suite for piano by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa- Lobos, for Memória da música brasileira project, whose aim is to promote Brazilian classical music through phonographic recordings. The article titled “Study Strategies for the Technical Challenges of Heitor Villa-Lobos's Ciclo brasileiro” addresses the resolution of technical issues in passages that have been listed and classified in a table at the end of the present work. The list of difficulties and the strategies to overcome them were developed through semi- structured interviews with highly acclaimed teachers and pianists, who possess extensive teaching experience and knowledge of the work. Additionally, this study analyses reputable piano technique publications by authors such as Alfred Cortot, György Sándor, Walter Gieseking, and Karl Leimer. The main objective of this dissertation is to provide insight into the study process of a work with considerable technical difficulty and to offer some solutions for overcoming technical problems that might be accessible to other readers and potential performers.