Abstract
The present project of Scientific Initiation proposes musical analysis and performance of Retrato I (1974), for flute and clarinet in Bb, and Retrato II (1979), for two flutes, by the Brazilian composer Gilberto Mendes (b. 1922). Both pieces were written during his second compositional period, and they can be associated to the vanguard music of that time. We intent to comprehend the compo…