O norte da canção: música engajada em Belém nos anos 1960 e 1970

Abstract

Much has been said, from various perspectives, about the Engaged Song in Brazil: the composers and songs consecrated in the national mainstream, the insertion in the music industry, the privileged themes, such as the dia-que-virá , the resistance feature and its central role in the process of institutionalization of the MPB music as important complexo sociocultural in the musical life of the country between the mid 1960‟s and the 1970‟s. This research intends to debate in a different way, interconnected to that history, starting from the assumption that the proceeding of these songs expressed himself quite unevenly throughout the Brazilian territory and therefore its parameters need to be revisited and examined in the light of other historical experiences, which are not restricted to the hegemonic centers which have concentrated the most significant researches. During this period, it was also developed in Belém an effervescent renewal process in different artistic languages, such as in art, in poetry, film, theater and popular music, in which stood the concerning to focus in aspects of local reality, without cling to a narrow regionalism. Thus, the MPB music composers born at Pará expressed a sense of commitment to the popular song, while also shaped the production and dissemination of their art. In the musical field, they dialogued with national movements (bossa nova, song of protest and tropicalism) and applied the diverse array of popular, urban and rural musical expressions (merengue, bolero, carimbó) in his workshop work. Sought thus to critically demonstrate and convey their message in a context in which they faced the harsh reality of dictatorship, the limitations of individual and collective freedoms, censorship, arbitrary arrests and development and integration projects, which interfered in the way of life of many people at Pará. This all contributed to the new aesthetic and political meanings of the Engaged Song. This research aims to give them greater visibility and help in their understanding.