Flausino Vale Works for Violin Solo

This treatise provides an examination of Flausino Vale’s background and a performer’s guide to the 26 Prelúdios Característicos e Concertantes para Violino Só. It considers technical elements, such as performance practice issues and extended techniques, and the meanings of titles, as well as other Brazilian cultural elements that are necessary to create a convincing performance of the preludes. The first chapter discusses Vale’s life, the historical period in which he lived, and composers and artists who influenced him. The second chapter explains cultural aspects that influenced his compositional style and provides a discussion of each prelude. The third chapter provides a graded repertoire list in which the preludes are paired with traditional violin repertoire, as well as a dictionary of terms Vale uses in the preludes. Vale is one of the few Brazilian composers who has managed to integrate traditional Brazilian culture with traditional Western music, and this study integrates this information.