Transcriptive Actions: Proposal for a Systematic Analysis of Musical Transcription

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https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v11i1.33840

Keywords:

Music transcription, Transcriptive actions, Systematic analysis, Re-writing

Abstract

In this article, we introduce the concept of transcriptive actions as a foundation for a systematic analysis of musical works or specific passages that have undergone a process of transcription. Given the various meanings that the term "transcription" encompasses, we focus on the notion of taking a pre-existing work to give it a new form, which includes ideas such as arrangement, adaptation, reinterpretation, rewriting, among others. We present the purposes and possibilities of musical transcription, which, among our proposals, emerges as a tool that explores diverse perspectives and, in this sense, can play a role in analyzing and enhancing the understanding of transcribed works. Finally, we define and categorize transcriptive actions into three classes—namely, adaptation, parallelism, and recomposition—promoting connections among the domains of composition, analysis, orchestration, instrumentation, and arrangement.

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Author Biographies

Felipe Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Felipe Vasconcelos is a composer, conductor and guitarist. Graduated in composition from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, UFMG. Master in Music – Composition – from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS. PhD in Music – Analytical and Creative Processes – from UFMG. As a composer, he works in the area of ​​instrumental and electroacoustic music and has been awarded awards in Brazil and abroad. He is currently a substitute professor at the University of Brasília, UnB, and is undertaking a post-doctorate at UFMG.

Igor Maia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerias (UFMG)

Igor Maia is a composer and conductor, professor at the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, UFMG. Doctor in Musical Composition from King’s College London, Master in Music from the State University of Campinas and Bachelor in Musical Composition from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He participated in several festivals and concerts in Europe, Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Japan and was also honored with important national and international awards. As a conductor, he performed in Germany, Brazil, Spain, Holland and England. His music is published by Babel Scores (France) and Donemus (Netherlands). Email: imaia@ufmg.br.

Oiliam Lanna, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerias (UFMG)

Oiliam Lanna graduated in Composition from the School of Music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, UFMG, under the guidance of Arthur Bosmans. His training was complemented by, among others, courses in Musical Analysis and Composition, taught at the Fundação de Educação Artística (Artistic Education Foundation), by H. J. Koellreutter and Dante Grela, and the Master's Degree in Composition, at the Faculty of Music of the University of Montréal, under the direction of André Prévost. He has a PhD in Linguistics – Discourse Analysis – from the Faculty of Arts at UFMG, having completed further studies at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Geneva. Based in Belo Horizonte, Oiliam Lanna is a professor of the Composition course at the UFMG School of Music and has been developing intense activity as a composer and conductor, working in repertoire from Baroque to contemporary, with an emphasis on Brazilian and Latin American composers.

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Published

22-07-2024

How to Cite

VASCONCELOS, F.; MAIA, I.; LANNA, O. Transcriptive Actions: Proposal for a Systematic Analysis of Musical Transcription. Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 1, 2024. DOI: 10.36025/arj.v11i1.33840. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/33840. Acesso em: 26 jul. 2024.