Conservatório Municipal de Música de Bagé (1927-1937): Repertório Musical

Abstract

This research aimed to understand how the influence of nationalist politics and musical trends took place in the choice of Conservatory (IMBA) repertoire between 1927 and 1937. The applied methodology was of desk research of written documents, with a qualitative approach. The theoretical framework used to understand the concept of musical nationalism in Brazil was based on the works of Travassos (2003) and Pereira (2007, 2013), the work of Nogueira (2003) was also used as a methodological and theoretical framework. The work of data collection on IMBA took place in the archive of the Bagé Municipal Archive. The data collected were from the repertoire contained in the programs of Concerts, Auditions, Hora da Arte, and Recitals. The results point to the predominance of the French repertoire, a national trend, followed by the German, Brazilian and Italian repertoires. The political issue has been present since its creation and municipalization. Nationalist politics appears in the IMBA repertoire, with Brazilian composers with a nationalist ideal in their majority, such as Villa-Lobos, Nepomuceno and Barrozo Netto. The great part of the repertoire interpreted in the conservatory was related to romanticism. The IMBA conservatory was always up to date with the repertoire that was played in major centers.