A relação entre discurso verbal e musical na elaboração das obras última vez e como ousam

Abstract

The research conducted during the master's degree in creative processes aimed at investigating and delving into issues related to the interaction between text and music in the composition of two works, both written for narrator/singer and string quintet. Each work was based on the speech of two personalities. The first, titled Última Vez (Last Time), addresses the acceptance speech of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered by Malala Yousafzai. The second, titled Como Ousam (How Dare You), is based on Greta Thunberg's speech delivered at the United Nations summit in 2019. The research used, for both pieces, compositional tools such as intertextuality, gestural elaboration within the context of music-theater and spectral music procedures. These tools took as their starting point the voices of the two activists, extracting elements from both speeches that depict their struggles, objectives, achievements and journeys. The notational strategies used in the scores consider the nature of speech, utilizing its rhythm, accentuations and contours to compose not only the part for the narrator/singer but also to determine the interaction of the string quintet. On a macro scale, the textual element ultimately structures the works, subdivided into parts and segments, with the musical element engaging in dialogue with the text, which predominantly coordinates the temporal unfolding in the works.