Musical Stumbles: Discoveries of the Past Shaping Today’s Musical Memory
For the Renaissance and the end of the Ancien régime, sources on the history of music are varied, and through pioneering works by authors such as Sousa Viterbo, Ernesto Vieira, and Sampayo Ribeiro, historiography has accumulated a vast amount of information over the past few decades. Biographical accounts, the characterization of the cultural context of musical production, and the analysis of unpublished works are among the main contributions to the history of music in Portugal. The combination of sources and data collected from research in areas outside the History of Music appears to be a valuable approach for a deeper understanding of the Portuguese musical landscape during the period in question. In this sense, this paper aims to suggest potential directions for future research in the field of Music History and collaboration in the framework of IN2PAST laboratory, not only presenting relevant information on the topic but also explaining the potential of certain archival collections that often contain data on other forms of art in Portugal.
Keywords: music history, music, fine arts
Biographies
Susana Varela Flor obtained her PhD in History (specialising in Art, Heritage and Restoration) from the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa for a thesis entitled Aurum Reginae or Queen-Gold: The iconography of Catherine of Braganza in 2010. Between 2012-2015 she was the coordinator of the “DigiTile Library: Tiles and Ceramic online” project (PTDC/EAT-EAT/117315/2010), funded by Portuguese national funds through FCT. From 2012, she is full member of the Instituto de História da Arte da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a collaborator of HERCULES Laboratory from Universidade Évora. It is in these two institutions that she has conducted her post-doctoral project, entitled O Retrato Barroco em Portugal (1612-1706): história, arte e laboratório (SFRH/BPD/101741/2014), to which it was conceded a grant. She was full researcher at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa funded by national funds through the FCT, under the Norma Transitória [https://doi.org/10.54499/DL57/2016/CP1453/CT0032] from 2019-2023 Currently, she is Assistant Researcher at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa in the Instituto de História da Arte of Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas // Associate Laboratory IN2PAST [https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0132/2020]. She is also Professor of Art History in the Art History Department of NOVA/FCSH.
NOVA University of Lisbon / IN2PAST, Portugal – https://www.cienciavitae.pt/C218-A024-E72F
Pedro Flor received his PhD in Art History from the Universidade Aberta in 2006, with a dissertation entitled A Arte do Retrato em Portugal – entre o fim da Idade Média e o Renascimento (published by Assírio & Alvim, 2010; awarded by Prémio Cultura da Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, 2012). Since 1998, he has been teaching in the areas of Art History and Museology, at Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level at the Universidade Aberta as Assistant Professor. He received the Aggregation Degree from the Universidade Aberta in 2022. He is researcher of the Instituto de História da Arte da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHA-NOVA/FCSH) // Associate Laboratory IN2PAST, member of the RIHA – International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art since 2010. Pedro Flor coordinates and participates in several funded research projects in Portugal and abroad. Pedro Flor’s main research interests include the Early Modern Art (painting, sculpture and portraiture) and Lisbon Studies. He has been participating in various scientific meetings and has been publishing various books, book chapters and articles. He is a Member of Portuguese Academy of History. He is currently the President of the Portuguese Association of Art Historians, which has been a member of the CIHA International Committee of Art History since 2021.
Art History Institute / IN2PAST, NOVA University, Portugal
susanaflor@fcsh.unl.pt ; pflor@fcsh.unl.pt