Influências africanas na música de Chiquinha Gonzaga: considerações a partir de cinco canções

Abstract

This report presents the results of research done to rump up the repertoire chosen to my graduation recital, which proposed to verify the African influence on Chiquinha Gonzaga's work; and show the contribution of this composer and conductor to the formation of Brazilian Music, especially of Popular Music. For this, I tell a little about Chiquinha Gonzaga's life, from childhood to her affirmation as a musician, “pianeira” and composer, as well as her engagement as a music professional facing the challenges of her time in the search for a national musical identity, emphasizing the presence of possible African influences in his music. It is a qualitative work, with bibliographical theoretical foundation, focusing on research conducted on Chiquinha Gonzaga in dissertations, papers and books. For the recital were chosen the songs “O Corta Jaca”, “Água do Vintém”, “Sou Morena”, “Fogo Foguinho”, “Zeferina” and “Atraente”, pieces that, without lyrics Chiquinha Gonzaga, that reflect through the song too, the influences addressed here. These pieces, recurrent and common at the time of the composer, show her approach to African culture in her musical manifestations introduced to Brazil by the enslaved African peoples.