Boletim de Pesquisa NELIC (Oct 2020)
From poem to song: music and musicality in “Vou-me embora pra pasárgada”
Abstract
The poetry of Manuel Bandeira, object in his generation of the greatest number of musical settings, originated, from 1915 until today, more than 140 songs. Most of this production, however, is restricted to the universe of art song, a fact that raises questions about the musicality of its verses and its respective potential for singing. Following this perspective, this article offers a comparison of two songs that were based on the famous poem “Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada”, included in the book Libertinagem. A brief analysis of Bandeira's poem and the confrontation between the Guerra-Peixe and Gilberto Gil versions — taking into account the way the two artists adapted the verses of the poem to the musical structure — aim to deepen the concept of musicality in the work of the writer.
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