Intertextuality and transduction in musical form in three works by Tatiana Catanzaro

Abstract

The article aims to discuss the way in which the Brazilian composer Tatiana Catanzaro thinks about the question of form by the analysis of three of her works. The interest of the work is to understand how the problem of form presents itself in the composer's creative process. For this purpose, an interview was carried out with Catanzaro, combined with bibliographic research and analysis of her works. Concepts such as intertextuality and transduction appear as interpretive possibilities that allow both sketching an idea of microform, the most fundamental element for Catanzaro, and macroform. In the three works analyzed here - A Dream within a Dream, Ijahereni, Andma shajarat al-Hayah tanmow fi al-Sahra Yahi - it is common to use intertextuality as a starting point for the creation of the pieces. It is possible to say that form in Catanzaro's creative process takes place as form in process, resulting from the exploration of the initial sound material.