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Leandro Maia, Bath Spa University
From Sambista to Song: what an unpublished 86-year old sambista reveals about songwriting.
This
work presents songs by the Brazilian songwriter Conceição Teixeira
(1930-) in the context of the research ‘Poetics of song:
songwriting habitus in the creative process of Brazilian songwriting’.
Having composed more than one thousand sambas without receiving formal
music education, Teixeira offers an extraordinary opportunity to
approach the creative process regarding aspects such as informal
learning, intuition and tacit knowledge. Considering the inherent
interdisciplinarity of the popular song genre, the research on
Teixeira’s songs combines ethnography and song analysis to understanding
how a songwriting habitus is manifested through the identification of
music dispositions found in her work.
The
presentation is characterised by a 20-minute recital-lecture in solo
performance (voice, percussion and guitar) including a demonstration of
the transcreational procedures used in the translation of songs. The
reasons behind this innovative format are related to the opportunity of
joining music performance, music analysis and field research reports
into the same presentation, avoiding separation between theory and
practice. The possibility of having the feedback and real-time
participation of the audience in a dialogical perspective offers
additional motivation for this proposal.
Biography:
Singer, songwriter and senior lecturer at Universidade Federal de
Pelotas (UFPEL/Brazil). Leandro Maia has released the albums Palavreio
(2008), Mandinho (2012) and Suite Maria Bonita e Outras Veredas (2014)
and has written music for theatre, dance and movies. Awarded as the best
singer in 'Premio Brasil-Sul de Música' (2013) and 'Premio Açorianos de
Música' (2015), Leandro was granted with the first 'Prêmio Ibermúsicas'
for popular song composition, conceived by the Organization of
Ibero-American States (2014-2015). He is currently a PhD candidate in
Songwriting at Bath Spa University with research funded by the Capes
Foundation/Ministry of Education of Brazil.
Session: 5A: Creative Process
Keywords: Samba, songwriting, creative process, lecture-recital
