A Palo Seco: "cante que não canta, cante que aí está"

ways to understand musicality in João Cabral and Belchior

Abstract

In an interview captured by writer, researcher and poet Secchin (1999), João Cabral claims not to have a taste for music, he expresses a tendency to sleep, making an exception for Pernambuco popular music and flamenco. Both musical expressions made up the exception of the Pernambuco poet's taste for being performed in the extreme of the voice. This article directs the analysis to the sound atmosphere that involves the works of João Cabral de Melo Neto and Belchior, with a focus on the Hispanic influence and its sound inflections as a backdrop for the approach.