Prelúdio BWV 997 de J.S. Bach, ao violão: uma perspectiva interpretativa fundamentada na análise retórico-musical.

Abstract

This work aims at a discussion about the interpretation of Bach 's BWV 997 prelude to the guitar, valuing the scope of musical rhetoric as an interpretive resource for works from the Baroque period. We question the lack of availability of this knowledge in the undergraduate courses, considering that both in conservatories and in the media of music teaching in general the repetition of videos and recordings is emphasized, perpetuating professionals with the capacity of imitation. Through musical analysis and application to performance, we seek to demonstrate the relevance of rhetoric in the ancient world, from Aristotle to the 20th century. XVII. To this end, we contextualize its origins and seek to understand how such knowledge has gained scope, to the point of influencing diverse forms of art and life in European society of the century. XVIII. We also exemplify the importance of Lutheran schools in the formation of learned men of the time, versed in the art of rhetoric, until we arrive in JS Bach, a Lutheran Christian, born in Germany in 1685. All this historical contextualization of rhetoric converges with theoretical presuppositions defended by Argan (1998), who considers art linked to its context. Historical considerations on eloquent music ground the rhetorical analysis of the prelude BWV 997 of J. S. Bach to the guitar. In view of this, it was observed that the rhetorical figures that instigate the affections of the listeners can be used in musical interpretation. Therefore, this study presents considerations about the technical-instrumental language for an idiomatic approximation between the guitar and the baroque lute, aiming at a differentiated sound result based on the scientific study.