Música e memória: Banda Filarmônica Santa Cecília da cidade de Água Branca - AL (1948-2019)

Abstract

This scientific article is born from the personal concerns of the insertion in the Band of the Santa Cecília Philharmonic of the city of Água Branca - AL. Understanding the heterogeneous character of it, specifically culture and the social question so numerous in its components from creation to the present moment, becomes an office as a historian. During this discussion it was possible to observe the historical character and the trajectory of this band, being the heart of the question also the recognition process and the association with local culture. We also reflect on the relevance of the preservation of this Cultural Heritage and that personifies the remembrance of the constitution of the city of Água Branca. The objectives of this research were to understand the historical trajectory of the Santa Cecília Philharmonic Band from the city of Água Branca, AL, with a temporal cut from 1948 to 2018. The composition of the Santa Cecília Philharmonic Band was emphasized. The theoretical framework to support and fulfill the objectives was based on a dialogue with authors such as Jacques Le Goff (1994) discussing conceptions of history, Maurice Halbwachs (1990), focusing on the conception of individual and collective memory, 2007) when dealing with the transmission of this practice in the bands of music and Roque de Barros Laraia (2009) that contributes to the conceptualization of culture. The main methodology was participant observation and analysis of documents such as: handwritten and printed scores, old photographs, Band Creation Law, as well as semistructured interviews, used as a means of sustaining the arguments brought about by the Santa Cecília Philharmonic Band. With the accomplishment of this the comparative analysis between the generations that thus passed by the Band, and the present components was fundamental to realize the historical trajectory of the Band. Just as this musical group encourages young people and adults to be included in this musical context. The accomplishment of this work evidences how the bands of music are relevant not only for the professional formation of these musicians, but also a formation like Human Being and how these are important for the permanence of the local collective memory where the Band is inserted.