Advisor
Bellman, Jonathan, 1957-
Advisor
Reddick, Carissa Ann
Committee Member
Harris, Caleb J., 1980-
Department
Music
Institution
University of Northern Colorado
Type of Resources
Text
Place of Publication
Greeley (Colo.)
Publisher
University of Northern Colorado
Date Created
5-1-2013
Genre
Thesis
Extent
180 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Abstract
Edmundo Villani-Côrtes is currently one of the most performed Brazilian live composers. Born during a remarkable cultural moment in the history of Brazil, he developed a unique style of writing that employs avant-garde techniques with popular music of his country. His music has increasingly been the subject of scholarly research and has received more and more national and international interest. An overview of the music scene in Brazil during the twentieth century provides a context to the development of Villani-Côrtes’s compositions, as well as to his diverse sources of inspiration. A detailed analysis of his Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3, in addition to a brief discussion of his work Ânfora, for piano, vibraphone and string orchestra, exemplify his compositional styles, including a variety of harmonic procedures and avant-garde techniques. His compositions demonstrate his profound understanding of traditional harmonic language as well as his extended experience with the popular music of Brazil. Villani-Côrtes’s pianism reveals his intimate relationship with the instrument. His piano compositions show careful idiomatic writing and demonstrate his expertise in the piano literature, particularly related to the nineteenth-century pianistic writing.
Degree type
DMA
Degree Name
Doctoral
People
Villani-Côrtes, Edmundo
Language
English
Local Identifiers
Nicolau_Thais. Dissertation
Rights Statement
Copyright is held by author.
