A cantoria na cidade de Sobral: uma análise sobre os repentistas locais

Abstract

This work deals with a study about the repentistas in the city of Sobral-CE, with the general objective of knowing who their protagonists are and how they develop singing in the city. The intention is to contribute through this research with the scenario of local singers. The methodology used to prepare this work consists of the life story, carried out between June and August 2021. Several data collection instruments were used to prepare the bibliographical research, such as: books, articles, theses, documentaries, monographs, dissertations, etc. For the field research, a questionnaire was designed to characterize the participants and a script of structured interview questions about singing in the city of Sobral, with the local repentistas. After the reading, an analysis was made with discussion and text production, as well as a video in documentary format, where the singers produced in verses by the author are presented, together with the five repentistas interviewed and which will be attached to this research. The study highlighted the difficulty of singers in maintaining the sudden artistic activity in the city, the situation becomes more critical due to the pandemic that hit the country in early 2020. However, actions need to be taken to maintain the suddenness in the city of Sobral, in short, it is clear that repentistas are in smaller numbers compared to other municipalities in the state and that there is no incidence of new repentistas emerging in Sobral.