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Este projecto pretende dar a conhecer parte da obra para canto e piano de Charles-Marie Widor, nomeadamente pelo estudo e execução do ciclo Chansons de Mer, sobre poemas de Paul Bourget.
Charles-Marie W idor (1844-1937) celebrizou-se pelas suas obras para órgão. Todavia, no seu espólio musical, encontram-se perto de uma centena de canções praticamente desconhecidas do público. Também Paul Bourget (1852-1935), escritor, ensaísta e dramaturgo, foi uma figura carismática e influente na época.
A escassez de informação musical e poética sobre o ciclo Chansons de Mer, do qual só existe uma gravação completa, é intrigante e estimulante. Desta lacuna surgiu o objectivo primordial do projecto.
O ponto de partida para a sua realização foi a contextualização histórica da vida cultural em França na viragem do século e o retrato biográfico dos dois autores, começando pela consulta de obras de referência e pela audição da gravação existente. Esta abordagem permitiu estabelecer o pano de fundo para conhecer o contexto em que o ciclo foi composto, e foi seguida pela tradução dos poemas e pelo estudo poético-musical da obra.
O projecto artístico term inará com a execução do ciclo, o qual possui uma escrita vocal exigente e arrojada. A estrutura elaborada e o dramatismo musical conferem-lhe uma dimensão pouco habitual na música francesa para canto e piano da época, mas que se enquadra perfeitamente na escrita de Widor.
ABSTRACT - This project aims to disclose part of the musical work for voice and piano by Charles-Marie Widor through the review and performance of the song cycle Chansons de Mer, with words by Paul Bourget. Charles-Marie W idor (1844-1937) became famous for his organ pieces, but he also composed nearly a hundred songs, virtually unknown. Paul Bourget (1852-1935), writer, essayist and dramaturge, was noted for his charisma and influence. The lack of musical and poetical information upon the cycle Chansons de Mer, from which only one complete recording is known, is intriguing and stimulating. From this gap emerges the main purpose of the project. The starting point will be the historical context of cultural life in France at the turning of the century and the biographical portraits from Widor and Bourget, supported by the existing bibliography and recording. This approach will enable the necessary knowledge to get acquainted with Widor’s environment by the time this song cycle was composed, and to start a poetical and musical interpretation of the work, beginning with the translation of the songs. The project will be concluded with the cycle’s performance. Widor reveals here a demanding and daring writing. His elaborated structure and musical drama grant the cycle an unusual dimension, when comparing it with french vocal music at that time, but which goes perfectly well with W idor’s music.
ABSTRACT - This project aims to disclose part of the musical work for voice and piano by Charles-Marie Widor through the review and performance of the song cycle Chansons de Mer, with words by Paul Bourget. Charles-Marie W idor (1844-1937) became famous for his organ pieces, but he also composed nearly a hundred songs, virtually unknown. Paul Bourget (1852-1935), writer, essayist and dramaturge, was noted for his charisma and influence. The lack of musical and poetical information upon the cycle Chansons de Mer, from which only one complete recording is known, is intriguing and stimulating. From this gap emerges the main purpose of the project. The starting point will be the historical context of cultural life in France at the turning of the century and the biographical portraits from Widor and Bourget, supported by the existing bibliography and recording. This approach will enable the necessary knowledge to get acquainted with Widor’s environment by the time this song cycle was composed, and to start a poetical and musical interpretation of the work, beginning with the translation of the songs. The project will be concluded with the cycle’s performance. Widor reveals here a demanding and daring writing. His elaborated structure and musical drama grant the cycle an unusual dimension, when comparing it with french vocal music at that time, but which goes perfectly well with W idor’s music.
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Mestrado em Música
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Charles-Marie Widor Paul Bourget Mélodie Chanson Mer
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Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa