Brazilian Chamber Song Written by Women Composers: Study, Performative Analysis, and Dissemination of Selected Works from the 20th and 21st Centuries
Brazilian Chamber Song. Music and Gender. Women Composers. Vocal Performance. Artistic Research.
This research investigates Brazilian chamber song by women composers, focusing on historical recovery, performative analysis, and the dissemination of works from the 20th and 21st centuries. The central objective is to analyze how performance, understood as artistic research, can act as a tool for social affirmation and visibility for female productions. The theoretical framework articulates gender musicology with Achille Picchi’s (2019) analytical methodology, structuring the axes of vocality, pianism, and text-music exegesis to define creative intentionality. The repertoire selection stems from a bibliographic and documentary mapping carried out in the Hermelindo Castello Branco Collection, the Score Bank of the Brazilian Academy of Music (ABM), and direct commissions from active composers, integrating tradition and contemporaneity. As a practical result, the research proposes the systematization of a Performance Guide, which unites the technical rigor of vocal agility with interpretative exegesis. Preliminary results reinforce the role of the performer-researcher in the renewal of the vocal repertoire and in the construction of a proactive artistic identity engaged with gender equity in concert music.