Thematic convergences between "Canto de amor e paz" and "Sinfonia 4" by Cláudio Santoro

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2025.13.9830

Keywords:

Claudio Santoro, Canto de amor e paz, Sinfonia da paz, Socialist realism, brazilian music

Abstract

In this article we present the thematic convergences in two representative works composed by Cláudio Santoro: Canto de amor e paz and “The Fourth Symphony “symphony of peace”. The pieces were written during the period in which the composer was influenced by the aesthetics of socialist realism, in the early 1950s. The converging themes refer to ideological and musical aspects. The use of the idea of peace, present in the titles of the both works and in the symphony’s program, acts as extra musical content and is related to the meaning that the term had in the socialist circles to which Santoro belonged. On the other hand, the works also present great similarities between the melodic content used in the construction of the main themes of the two pieces. We conclude that Santoro used the same theme, although they were treated differently in each of them.

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Author Biographies

Paulo de Paula, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Paulo de Paula holds doctor degree in music from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), where he also earned his master's and bachelor's degrees. He has worked as a researcher of Brazilian orchestral repertoire. He is the founder, artistic director, and conductor of the Indaiatuba Symphony Orchestra, with which he recorded the albums "Paisagens Caipiras" and "Música Interior" in 2024 and 2025, respectively. He was responsible for the creation of the Indaiatuba Youth Orchestra, EMOSI – Indaiatuba Symphony Orchestra Music School, and EMIn – Indaiatuba Musical Meeting.

Carlos Fernando Fiorini, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Carlos Fiorini is a tenured professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the area of Choral and Orchestral Conducting. Artistic Director of the Choir and Orchestra of the Music Department at UNICAMP, as well as of the Camerata Anima Antiqua, which specializes in Renaissance music. He was assistant and principal conductor of the Campinas Municipal Symphony Orchestra from 2005 to 2008. In Brazil, he conducted the orchestras of UEL, UNICAMP, Sorocaba, Bragança Paulista, Rio Claro, and others. Abroad, he has conducted in Vienna, Austria, Sofia, Bulgaria, Potsdam, Germany, and Havana, Cuba. He leads the research group “Conducting – Art and Technique.”

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Published

2025-09-28

How to Cite

de Paula, P., & Fiorini, C. F. (2025). Thematic convergences between "Canto de amor e paz" and "Sinfonia 4" by Cláudio Santoro. Vortex Music Journal, 13, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2025.13.9830

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Research Papers