Tocando a vida e contando histórias

Abstract

Starting from conversations of old pianoaccordion (melodeon) players, the author analyzes the knowledge they present about music, about their involvement in celebrations and about the musical instrument itself. She interprets their ways of cultivating the musical and artistic heritage of their ancestors, as well as their vision of the world and the real art of "playing out their lives with the pianoaccordion," in other contexts, leaving footprints of other journeys and planting knowledge alluding to other themes.