O Caldeirão dos esquecidos by Danilo Guanais: genesis and performance of a solo violin piece in Armorial stile
Danilo Guanais. O Caldeirão dos esquecidos. Caldeirão de Santa Cruz do Deserto. Armorial. Performance. Violin. Composer-performer collaboration.
This work is a study on the interpretation of O Caldeirão dos esquecidos for solo violin by Danilo Guanais, written in northeastern Brazilian musical style, called Armorial. It also reports on the collaboration between performer and composer during the piece's composition and it´s preparation for performance. Methodological tools as bibliographic and phonographic review, face-to-face meetings, interview and score analysis were used. From this research resulted: an interpretation of the piece, developed in direct contact with the composer, the score edition with bowings and fingerings (attached to this work), the première and a record of the piece. Data analysis on the composer-performer collaboration concluded that the collaborative process was beneficial for both parties.