THE SEARCH ABOUT THE UNIVERSAL ASPECTS OF MODA-DE-VIOLA

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to carry out the history of a search about the universal social aspects of moda-de-viola, which coincides with the completion of a post-doctoral research focused on this subject. This research, which was conducted between July 2015 and July 2016, had the initial goal of understanding the universal aspects of moda-de-viola through the analysis of the narratives of their lyrics. However, during the development of the research, the focus has move, from the narratives of lyrics, to a hypothetic general structure of its musical form, that is, those musical elements that are usually considered by their composers in the process of composition a song with legitimacy to the listening public of the twentieth century. The research in question, however, does not ignore the regional and even historical aspects of this musical genre. On the contrary, it was precisely the understanding of these regional aspects, analyzed in a doctoral research completed in 2014, which has raised the further reflection that will be show here.