Contrasting sound environments in the first three Ilhas by Almeida Prado: Ilha dos nove vulcões, Ilha de pedra e Ilha de gelo

Abstract

In Ilhas (Islands), Almeida Prado presents different referential sound blocks for each of the pieces, along with a short descriptive text, forming a kind of preface. These pitches are always used in their original octave and this permanence opens space for the perception of the interaction of resonances with texture. The symbolic charge in each of the pieces corresponds to different compositional strategies, thus grounding the interest and coherence in the work. In this article, we propose an analysis of the first three pieces, Ilha dos nove vulco?es, Ilha de pedra and Ilha de gelo (Island of the nine volcanoes, Stone island and Ice island), seeking to highlight possible relationships between musical structuring and textual material.