Nationalism, political art and instrumental popular music: the music of Quarteto Novo
Based on a musical appreciation of the album Quarteto Novo, specifically the phonogram “Algodão”, and discussions on political art and national-popular in the 1960s, this paper aims to contextualize the production of the homonymous group and to verify the way in which a cultural conjuncture is revea...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2020
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/muspop/article/view/14308 |
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| Summary: | Based on a musical appreciation of the album Quarteto Novo, specifically the phonogram “Algodão”, and discussions on political art and national-popular in the 1960s, this paper aims to contextualize the production of the homonymous group and to verify the way in which a cultural conjuncture is revealed even in instrumental music. The nationalist project assumed by the Quarteto Novo to produce a new music and a new language of improvisation would be closely related to an ideal that encouraged artistic productions with a strong political bias articulated to elements of popular culture. The Quarteto Novo emerges from this context, produces in line with a certain ideal, but its work cannot be reduced to schematic classifications. The group both broke with a type of sound prevalent in instrumental music of the period, and opened new horizons for this music. More than applying ready-made formulas or blindly obeying aesthetic guidelines, this production appropriated different musicalities (local, regional, but also cosmopolitan) to produce a musical synthesis whose legacy seems fundamental to instrumental music in Brazil. |
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| ISSN: | 2316-7858 |
