Engajamento político na literatura coral brasileira : uma proposta analítico-interpretativa para Trilogia, de José Alberto Kaplan

Abstract

José Alberto Kaplan was born in Rosário, Argentina, on July 16, 1935 and died in João Pessoa, on June 29, 2009. Pianist, teacher, composer and conductor, he received several awards, having written for different musical formations. Our research focuses on the aforementioned composer’s choral work. The general objective is to propose interpretative strategies for a set of three pieces, Trilogy, composed between 1980 and 1982, for mixed choir, reciter and percussion, organized as follows: SalmoV (Ernesto Cardenal), O Rei Encantado (F. Gullar) and (Em)Cantando Salmo (W. J. Solha). Taking as a reference the dialogue between musical and textual analysis, we intend to investigate different aspects of discursivity in J. A. Kaplan's choral work, including a review of the concepts of intertextuality, engaged art, irony and carnivalization, based on several studies (Kaplan, 1999; Pareyson, 2001; Fiorin, 2006). From a practical perspective, we will carry out rehearsals and public presentations with the works of this Argentine-Paraíba native, presenting the report and reflection on the entire process, because, as interpreters, we are narrators and everything we recreate is the result of our investigations and our experience and maturity. The research is one of the first to focus on the choral work of J. A. Kaplan and, to a certain extent, contributes to the dissemination of the composer's corpus, considering that several handwritten pieces were edited and made available for public consultation, thus expanding, the visibility of Brazilian choral literature and, most notably, highlighting Kaplan's contribution to the musical development of the State of Paraíba.