«Ey-m’ acá!» A prática performativa das Cantigas de Santa Maria em contextos não especializados: Uma perspectiva de etnomusicóloga, intérprete e pedagoga

Abstract

Educated as an ethnomusicologist, the author gained much familiarity with oral traditions; this in turn influenced her approach to the Cantigas de Santa Maria as a long-standing professional performer. Beliefs were formed, and questions raised regarding contemporary performance practice. Problems confronted include the relationship with audiences; conflicts between musical and textual accents; stylistic options and their cultural associations; the integrity of the song and the role of the refrain; the use of instruments; and contemporary appropriations under the «World Music» or «Fusion» labels. Some of the responses suggested by contemporary experience might also illuminate imagined performance practice in the medieval past.