"CAPRICHO DE CHORO" BY HAMILTON DE HOLANDA: TRANSCRIPTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF BRAZILIAN POPULAR MUSIC FOR HARPSICHORD AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
Capricho de Choro; Hamilton de Holanda; Transcription; Arrangement; Brazilian Popular Music; Harpsichord; Performance Pratice
This research aims to make a transcription and an arrangement for harpsichord of “Capricho de Choro”, by Hamilton de Holanda, through a series of formal and interpretative choices, by which idiomatism can be adequately explored in popular Brazilian music performance. Sound similitudes between the bandolin and the harpsichord as well as the space for the expantion for the use of the harpsichord in Brazilian popular music, as shown in the literature review, have been the motivation for this research.