Trajetórias musicais de alunas e professoras do Conservatório de Música de Rio Grande

Abstract

The research work, titled musical Trajectories Schoolgirls and Women of the Music Conservatory of Rio Grande that here will be presented, sought to identify the forms of representation of women musicians, from the memories of the students and teachers of the Music Conservatory of Rio Grande. He took up work as temporal clipping the 1940s until the first half of 1950, for the period of operation of the women interviewed inside the Music Conservatory of Rio Grande. From oral interviews, sought to identify the family influences, the motivation for the study of music, the construction of the professional career and the dichotomy between concert and be a teacher. To better understand the social context of the period, we will cover the Brazilian musical and historical context between the 19th and 20th centuries, with the timeframe the proclamation of the Republic until the end of the first half of the 20th century. In this context, shadow aspects of positivist thought, which were instrumental to the model of conduct established for women in especially the teaching-learning process. From the context of the Rio Grande, drove our look at the Music Conservatory of Rio Grande, focusing on its trajectory and the female presence in documentary collection. We will work with the concepts of gender, representation and symbolic power to understand the different female social roles within the music, media generators here identified as family, work and career. From oral reports, sought to understand the musical experience in addition to the document, bringing memories of seven women who acted as teachers, amateurish and artists. In addition to realize direct representation with each of these roles, we identified the process of conquest of space music by women, setting up Conservatory of music as an important area of activity of women in the public sphere.