Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: EDNALDO DE OLIVEIRA NEVES

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : EDNALDO DE OLIVEIRA NEVES
DATE: 18/06/2026
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

“BREJEIRICES”: THE EDITORIAL AND ARTISTIC CREATION PROCESS OF A SOLO PIANO WORK BY ERNANI BRAGA

KEY WORDS:

demonstrative analysis; solo piano; variation; Ernani Braga.

PAGES: 43
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Artes
SUMMARY:

This master's research, within the research line “Processes and Dimensions of Artistic Production,” aims to analyze the editorial process and the descriptive analysis of work of the renowned Brazilian musician Ernani Braga (1888–1948). In addition, the dissertation seeks to recover a rare manuscript that had been lost in the history of Brazilian piano music, namely Brejeirices. A detailed investigation was conducted of the piano works—both solo and chamber music—that comprise the rare collection bequeathed by Ernani Braga’s family to the Conservatório Pernambucano de Música, an institution of which the composer was one of the founders and directors. This recovery of works previously considered lost is the result of research carried out within the Graduate Program in Music at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The analysis of the composer, pianist, and conductor’s oeuvre revealed new findings, particularly certain compositions that were performed in recitals (cf. Brito, 2008) but were subsequently lost without recordings or audio documentation. In this context, Brejeirices is one such composition: a set of twelve concert variations for solo piano based on the choro Brejeiro by Ernesto Nazareth (1863–1934), the renowned Brazilian composer and pianist. The investigative study therefore focuses on the editorial process and the artistic creation of this specific work by Ernani Braga. It constitutes documentary research employing descriptive analysis to explore the possibilities found in the drafts and annotations of the rare manuscript. The descriptive analysis enabled the identification of the principal elements necessary to understand the artistic construction and the composer’s ideas, seeking to preserve the work as faithfully as possible to the original manuscript, which contains numerous corrections and required careful attention in order to achieve a coherent result.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1808640 - DURVAL DA NOBREGA CESETTI
Interna - 1533086 - JOANA CUNHA DE HOLANDA
Externo à Instituição - KAIO CÉSAR FREITAS MORAIS