To be or not to be armorial?

Armorial Orchestra, Quintet Armorial, oQuadro, saGRAMA and Encore Quartet

Abstract

In the second half of the 20^th century, Ariano Suassuna and a group of artists and intellectuals, launched a movement that aimed to develop Brazilian art. According to Suassuna, it was necessary to seek the raw material for creation in the interior of Northeast Brazil, in aboios of the vaqueiros, song of lavadeiras, ternos of pífanos, folhetos/cordéis, xilogravura, tapeçaria, hitting notes of rabeca, viola singing. Based on popular Northeastern culture and Iberian Baroque, Moorish, the Armorial Movement was born, which continues to exert influence on the cultural, intellectual and artistic scene in Brazil. This paper is part of a Master's Degree in Music research, which has already been completed. The aim is to present the history of the first armorial groups and discuss current musical groups that have possible armorial influences: oQuadro, SaGRAMA and Quarteto Encore. With this we intend to register and disseminate this content that, although in states like Pernambuco it remains alive and in transformation, influencing musical creative processes, it is still little publicized. And contribute to the area of History, History of Music and Music Education. It is a qualitative research, based on bibliographical research, interviews and ethnography.