As sonatas opus I de Mercy e o second set of sonatas de Pepusch

Abstract

O presente trabalho apresenta a comparação entre duas obras dos compositores Luis Mercy e Johann Christoph Pepusch. As obras em questão são: Six Solos for a Flute with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord or Violoncello de Mercy e A Second Set of Solos for the Flute with A Through Bass for the Basson, Bass-flute or Harpsicord de Pepusch. Nestas obras podemos encontrar correspondências entre sete andamentos pertencentes a quatro sonatas de Pepusch e três de Mercy. Estas correspondências podem aparecer sob a forma de ornamentação de andamentos completos ou de simples utilização de temas comuns. O estudo dos percursos biográficos destes dois compositores permite concluir que Mercy conheceria bem a obra de Pepusch, sobretudo a escrita para flauta. Com esta informação e a observação das partituras, poderemos admitir que Mercy se baseia nestas obras para as ornamentar e as transformar a seu gosto, utilizando-as para dar mais visibilidade às possibilidades sonoras e virtuosísticas do seu instrumento - a flauta de bisel.

The present study shows the link between recorder works by Luis Mercy and the other from Johann Christoph Pepusch. The works are: Six Solos for a Flute with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord or Violoncello from Mercy and A Second Set of Solos for the Flute with A Through Bass for the Basson, Bassflute or Harpsicord from Pepusch. In these works we can find correspondences between seven movements of four different sonatas by Pepusch and three by Mercy. The correspondences can appear in the form of ornamentation of complete movements or the simple use of shared themes. The study of the biographies of these two composers alow us to conclude that Mercy was familiar with the works of Pepusch, at least the ones composed for recorder. With this information and the close observation of the scores, we can establish that Mercy relies on the work of Pepusch to ornament and transform it at his pleasure, using it to give more visibility to the sound and virtuosistic possibilities of his instrument - the recorder.