Award Date
May 2024
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Department
Music
First Committee Member
Kimberly James
Second Committee Member
Alfonse Anderson
Third Committee Member
Richard Miller
Fourth Committee Member
Darryl Cooper
Fifth Committee Member
Kymberly Mellen
Number of Pages
90
Abstract
This document explores Africanities on the music and texts of selected art songs by the Brazilian composer Babi de Oliveira (1908-1993), providing the historical context of how the Brazilian Portuguese appropriated the vocabulary and culture of African people brought to the New World during the period of slavery between the 15th and 19th centuries. The purpose of this document is to provide additional background information on the Afro-Brazilian musical heritage, its relevance to the composer, and its aesthetics in the history of Brazilian music, in order to give voice students and performers, especially non-Portuguese speakers, a broader perspective on this repertoire. Additionally, translations into English are provided and further IPA resources are suggested.
Keywords
Africanities; Babi de Oliveira; Brazilian art song
Disciplines
Music
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Portes Lima, Ana Elisa, "Africanities in Selected Art Songs for Voice and Piano by Babi de Oliveira" (2024). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 5067.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/5067
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