At the Hawk’s Well A Theoretical and Practical Study about the Music in the Play

Authors

  • Maestro Marcello Amalfi University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v17i0.3534

Abstract

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is a pillar of the so-called Irish Literary Revival. His work has influenced authors such as T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) and Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), among many others. He is best known
for his poetry than for his dramaturgical texts, and above all, for having
been awarded a literature Nobel Prize in 1923. Nonetheless, his work for the theatre has a great value, and it is now being rediscovered by artists from all around the world.The aim of this article is to visit part of that production, in order to write about and record the original music for the opening of At the Hawk’s Well (1916). To achieve this goal, a theoretical research has been held covering texts and studies about the author, the play and its stage production; it was followed by a practical investigation that includes a search for rhythms, sounds, timbres and characteristic instruments, as well as the appropriate way to execute and record them in studio.

Author Biography

  • Maestro Marcello Amalfi, University of São Paulo

    Maestro Marcello Amalfi is a Brazilian conductor, arranger, producer and composer for Opera, Theatre, Television and Cinema. He has been the coordinator of the Cultura Inglesa São Paulo Pop Choir since 2004. He is currently developing a PhD research and is editor of the magazine of the Post-Graduate Program in Performing Arts at the University of São Paulo. He is the Music guest teacher at São Paulo Drama School. He is the author of the book Macro-Harmonia da Música do Teatro (Ed. Giostri, 2015). Amalfi has won two Brazilian Best Original Soundtrack  Awards with the movies
    “Hipóteses para o Amor e a Verdade (2015)” and “Nossa Vida Não Cabe num Opala (2009)”. He was chosen “One of the 200 best musicians of Brazil (Guitar Player Magazine, 1997)”. He has composed for over sixty plays, having worked with Mario Bortolotto, Naum Alves de Souza, Roberto Lage, Antonio Abujamra, among others. Some of his original songs have been recorded by Zeca Baleiro, Gero Camilo and Alaíde Costa.

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Published

2015-11-17

Issue

Vol. 17 (2015): ABEI Journal 17

Section

Celebrating W.B. Yeats

How to Cite

Amalfi, M. M. (2015). At the Hawk’s Well A Theoretical and Practical Study about the Music in the Play. ABEI Journal, 17, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v17i0.3534