Considering musical style and genre

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https://doi.org/10.5965/2525530410012025e0402

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estilo, gênero musical, idioleto, estética

Abstract

‘Considering musical style and genre’ is an essay that combines two texts by Allan F. Moore published in different decades: “Categorical Conventions in Music Discourse: Style and Genre” (Music & Letters 82/3, 2001) and “Style and Genre as a Mode of Aesthetics” (Musurgia XXV/3, 2018). As well as offering the Portuguese-speaking reader a review of these two central concepts for music research, it is inspiring to observe the changes in the musicologist's perspective over time. In 2001, with a more ‘positivist’ attitude, in 2018 including issues of musical aesthetics, without forgetting to mention the recent 2024 communication, where the existence of a certain degree of subjectivity on the part of the musical analyst is admitted. It is important to emphasise the interaction between the translators and the author, since the proposal to publish the texts together prompted Moore to write a few paragraphs especially for this publication, in order to serve as a link between the first and second parts of the essay.

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Author Biographies

Allan F. Moore, University of Surrey

Allan F. Moore, musicólogo, pianista e compositor é atualmente Professor Emeritus do Departamento de Música & Mídia da Universidade de Surrey (UK).

David Ganc, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

David Ganc é Pós-doutorando na UNIRIO (bolsista FAPERJ), Doutor em Música – UNIRIO, Bacharel em Música (flauta) - UFRJ, e BA - Professional Music pela Berklee College of Music. Flautista, saxofonista e arranjador. Membro do Conselho Consultivo da ABRAF (Associação Brasileira de Flautistas). Co-autor dos livros “Choro Duetos Pixinguinha & Benedito Lacerda” (Vols. 1 e 2). Lançou 6 CDs solo.

Mário Sève, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Mário Sève é Pós-doutorando na UNIRIO (bolsista FAPERJ), Doutor e Mestre em Música – UNIRIO, Licenciado em Música – UNIRIO. Flautista, saxofonista e compositor. Integrante do grupo de Paulinho da Viola e dos quintetos Nó em Pingo D'água e Aquarela Carioca. Autor dos livros “Vocabulário do Choro” e “Fraseado do Choro”. Co-autor dos livros “Songbook Choro” (Vols. 1, 2 e 3) e “Choro Duetos: Pixinguinha & Benedito Lacerda” (Vols. 1 e 2). Lançou 7 CDs solo e um DVD.

Martha Ulhôa, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Martha Ulhôa é docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Música da UNIRIO e pesquisadora do CNPq. PhD em musicologia (Cornell University), mestre em performance (University of Florida) e diplomada em piano (Conservatório Brasileiro de Música). É autora de Aspectos sobre a valsa no Rio de Janeiro no longo século XIX: de folhetins, música de salão e serestas e coeditora de Música popular na América Latina: Pontos de Escuta, Made in Brazil: Studies in Popular Music e Canção romântica: Intimidade, mediação e identidade na América Latina.

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Published

2025-04-28

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MOORE, Allan F.; GANC, David; SÈVE, Mário; ULHÔA, Martha. Considering musical style and genre. Orfeu, Florianópolis, v. 10, n. 1, p. e0402, 2025. DOI: 10.5965/2525530410012025e0402. Disponível em: https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/orfeu/article/view/26647. Acesso em: 4 jun. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025): Special Issue: Music in Motion - Sound Projections

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