"A Carolina", soneto de Machado de Assis em música de Hostílio Soares

Abstract

This paper describes composer Hostílio Soares’s approach to the sonet "For Carolina" by writer Machado de Assis. The poem was set to music by Soares, who composed a Lied for voice and piano. In order to obtain a better musical understanding of the work, we address its compositional and historical aspects. Furthermore, we will point out the relationship between the text and the music present in the piece. This paper seeks to publicize part of the works by the composer from Minas Gerais, Hostílio Soares, and appreciate the importance of Machado de Assis’s poetry for Brazilian chamber song. In addition, we intend to facilitate the comprehension of the piece’s compositional process for an audience unfamiliar with musical language.