Tempus oblitum, tempus recordatus: the professional career of Ziná Coelho Júnior (1907-1987) and her work in Brazilian art song

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14791024

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Minas Gerais Conservatory of Music, Ziná Coelho Júnior, Brazilian Art Song, João Pessoa Women's Battalion

Abstract

This work presents data on the professional career of Ambrosina Coelho Júnior (1907-1987), a multi-talented artist who was recognized at the time she performed as Ziná Coelho Júnior. A harpist, pianist, conductor, teacher of orpheonic singing and composer, she was associated with the Minas Gerais Conservatory of Music, now the UFMG School of Music, as a student and later as a teacher. A figure of feminist emancipation in Brazil, she worked with the João Pessoa Women's Battalion, graduated in pharmacy and later in law. Her legacy as a composer includes around 100 compositions, of which 31 songs are for voice and piano. This study, carried out based on access to the collection of Ziná Coelho Júnior, aims to contribute to the dissemination of the name of this artist, whose work in various areas contributed to the development of concert music in Minas Gerais in the 20th century.

Author Biographies

  • Marcelo Corrêa Gonçalves dos Santos, State University of Minas Gerais - UEMG (BRAZIL)

    He holds a Master's degree in Piano/Performance from the Graduate Program in Music (PPGMUS) at UFMG. Since 2003 he has been a professor at the School of Music of the State University of Minas Gerais, where he coordinated the Lato Sensu graduate courses (2014-2017). He taught at the Center for Artistic and Technological Training - Cefart between 2004 and 2012. From 2017 to 2021 he was a piano teacher and pianist at the Estação da Música project in Santa Bárbara/MG. Between 2021 and 2023 he was the educational coordinator of the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra. He has experience in the Arts, with an emphasis on Piano Teacher, Chamber Music, Reading at First Sight, Instrument Literature and Accompanying Pianist. He has also written program notes for various concert series in Belo Horizonte. He is a PhD student in the Graduate Program in Music (PPGMUS) at UFMG, under the guidance of Dr. Mauro Chantal.

  • Melina de Lima Peixoto, Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG (Brazil)

    The soprano Melina Peixoto is a post-doctoral student (UFMG) and PhD candidate in Music Performance (UFMG). She holds a Master's degree in Music Performance (UFMG) and a Bachelor's degree in Lyric Singing (UFMG), having trained under Professor Mauro Chantal.  A founding member of the Puc Minas Vocal Quartet, she taught Lyric Singing at the Federal University of São João del-Rei - UFSJ, and was a visiting professor of Vocal Technique on the Popular Music Course at the Federal University of Minas Gerais - UEMG, where she also taught Lyric Singing and Lyric Declamation.  She taught on the Extension Course at the UFMG School of Music in 2009 and currently teaches as a volunteer on the Undergraduate course at the UFMG School of Music. Her performances as a soloist include W. A. Mozart's Requiem, conducted by Charles Roussin and, more recently, conducted by Hernán Sánchez; W. A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Pamina, Papagena and Dama); and W. A. Mozart's La Boheme. A. Mozart and La Bohème (Musetta) by G. Puccini, conducted by Silvio Viegas; A Menina das Nuvens (Moon Girl) by H. Villa-Lobos, conducted by Roberto Duarte; Fantasia Coral by L. van Beethoven, conducted by Fábio Mechetti; La Serva Padrona by G. Pergolesi, conducted by Márcio Miranda; Viramundo, Viraflor (Marília) by Antônio Celso Ribeiro, conducted by Gabriel Rhein-Schirato; Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, conducted by Hernán Sánchez and Gisele Ganade,  in performances in Minas Gerais and São Paulo; Il Barbieri di Seviglia (excerpt) (Berta) by G. Rossini, conducted by Lígia Amadio. Recently, she was Isolde in the world premiere of the opera Isolde/Tristan by Clarice Assad, at the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, conducted by Maestro Alessandro Sangiorgi, with stage direction by Guilherme Leme Garcia.

References

- Livro

AVELAR, Antônio Ribeiro de. Avena esquecida. Belo Horizonte: Ed. Mantiqueira, 1955.

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- Matéria de jornal

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KOMEL, Elvira. [Correspondência]. Destinatário: ao Secretário das Finanças de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, 30 nov. 1930.

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COELHO JÚNIOR, Ziná. Desencanto: Belo Horizonte: 1955. Partitura manuscrita

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2024-12-30

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024)

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Articles

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Tempus oblitum, tempus recordatus: the professional career of Ziná Coelho Júnior (1907-1987) and her work in Brazilian art song. (2024). Journal of Brazilian Erudite Vocal Music, 2(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14791024

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