PERMANENT SEMINAR IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES IN MUSIC
The Permanent Seminar of the research group Historical and Cultural Studies in Music of INET-md intends to be a forum where all its members (integrated and collaborators), as well as other invited researchers from the academic, cultural and artistic circles, may present their work and discuss ongoing projects and research.
11-11-2026 | 6 pm | NOVA FCSH, Lisboa | Campus Campolide, Colégio Almada Negreiros | Rom E1 & Online
Free entrance, both online and in presence.
Experiences in the field of music editing/publishing in the context of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of guilherme cossoul
Vasco Negreiros | INET-md/UA
Perhaps the fact that Guilherme Cossoul (1828-1880) played such an important role in Lisbon’s musical life, as a conductor, as a promoter and popularizer of orchestral music, as director of the National Conservatory and as a renowned cellist, may have contributed, perversely, to the little importance that has been given to his compositional activity. Another aspect that may also have kept the gaze of researchers and performers away from his musical production is probably the fact that his work is so largely lost. In this conference, Vasco Negreiros tells how he approached Guilherme Cossoul’s compositions, referring specifically to the work of transcription and editing of four works: The Variations for Cello and Orchestra, the Fantasie for Harp, the Missa Solemne and the Te Deum. By this opportunity, not only interesting aspects of Cossoul’s writing will be highlighted, but the different techniques applied in each of the transcriptions will be commented, as well as the respective choices, with regard to the editorial approach, since they are works, in theyre primary sources, with very different characteristics and needs.
Vasco Negreiros | Professor at the University of Aveiro. He graduated in Conducting in Germany, first in Karlsruhe and then in Mannheim, where he obtained the title of Kapellmeister. He holds a doctorate from the University of Aveiro. In addition to his work as a conductor, performing live with choirs and orchestras in Portugal and abroad, he has released 5 CDs, as well as several books, and is the editor of many scores in the field of Early Music, in addition to those related to his own compositional work.