As representações do sul do Brasil na obra da gravadora Discos Marcus Pereira

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze representations of Southern Brazil in the works of the record label Discos Marcus Pereira (1973–1982), focusing on how its producers and artists use music to express the region’s landscapes through the concept of “cultural records.” The research selected albums from the label’s discography that highlight regional artists, rhythms, songs, and instruments, resulting in the analysis of two works: the compilation Música Popular do Sul, composed of four albums, and the album Canto da Gente by the Rio Grande do Sul group Os Tapes, both released in 1975. In addition to the albums, two books written by Marcus Pereira and Aluízio Falcão, the curators of the compilation, will be used as they provide relevant contexts for the analysis. The methodology follows the descriptions proposed by Marcos Napolitano (2002, 2008), considering the poetic and melodic aspects of the works as well as the historical and cultural context of their production. For the representations present in the books, Roger Chartier’s perspective (1990, 1991) will be adopted, defining representations as social and cultural constructions that give meaning to reality. The analysis of the songs will be complemented by an Ecocriticism approach, based on the concepts of Terry Gifford (2009). The compilation Música Popular do Sul is significant for representing a vision of Southern Brazil based on field research conducted by an independent record label, which, according to descriptions in the works themselves, contributed to the creation of a “Brazilian musical map”.