Reflections on the concepts of Meyer's Theory of Styles for musical performance

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Musical style, Musical performance, Musical interpretation, Idiom, Meyer

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This article aims to present reflections on style as a multifaceted concept that goes beyond the question of era/period in a certain cultural tradition, involving ideological and psychological aspects. Strands in reference to style are revealed through expression (composition and performance/interpretation), organization (analysis) and reception (listening). For Meyer, the characterization of styles is dependent on levels of restriction in the musical language, namely: laws, rules and strategies. This set of restrictions is further demarcated according to the language and dialect shared and/or singularized in a given region and time. Since this postulation presents a theoretical-musicological and, above all, compositional perspective, this article proposes a consideration of the path towards the construction of styles in musical performance, proposing an inverse arrangement to the order of the elements of the Theory, with mainly the language as the guiding element to enhance choices for building a performance.

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Samuel Henrique da Silva Cianbroni, Santa Marcelina Cultura, Guri

Samuel Henrique Cianbroni has a bachelor's degree in music (piano) from the State University of Maringá, and a master's and doctorate in the area of interpretative practices from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, having worked at the Piano Pedagogy Laboratory at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He has experience as a university professor, choral conductor and pianist. He is currently a music educator at Projeto Guri (São Paulo State Music Education Program).

Regina Antunes Teixeira Dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Regina dos Santos has a bachelor's degree in music (piano) and a master's and doctorate in music education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She has specializations in Japan and France, as well as a master's degree from the University of Toulouse. She is an adjunct professor at UFRGS, as well as supervising the institution's postgraduate program in Music, where she develops research in the area of the interconnection between performance/instrumental practice and musical knowledge.

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Cianbroni, S. H. da S., & Dos Santos, R. A. T. (2024). Reflections on the concepts of Meyer’s Theory of Styles for musical performance. Vortex Music Journal, 12, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2024.12.9270

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