An approach to the graphic-sonorous world of domingo lobato: Analysis and transcription of his seven Bagatelas for piano

Abstract

Domingo Lobato was a prolific but little known composer whose works have not had enough exposure. Thus, it is intended to show a little more of his compositive works by the exemplified exposition of his unpublished work Bagatelas. The main objectives are based on the transcription, analysis and the study of the manuscripts, for posterity it is hoped that the works will be properly interpreted and given proper exposure.

            The intricate stylistic treatment shows this work required an eclectic study methodology. It was used apart from the formal analysis the gregorian theory, modal harmony, quartal harmony and post-Wagnerian harmony.

            One of the biggest contributions of Lobato was the use of the compositional orthodoxy in a vanguardist way, using the aesthetic and compositive classical canons to create a new and particular sound language.

            The present work represents the first approach to Lobato´s work from a novel analytical perspective for study, transcriptional and difussional purposes. It is worth mentioning that both Lobato´s work and his disciples and contemporaries have been rarely referred to by current musicology.