About the Journal
Founded in 1934, the Brazilian Journal of Music is recognized today as the first academic-scientific music periodical in Brazil. Over its nine decades of existence, it has fostered the production and dissemination of scientific and artistic knowledge in the field of music, engaging in dialogue with related areas through the publication of full articles, interviews, reviews, announcements, and musical scores. The Brazilian Journal of Music features original research that reflects the current state of knowledge in the field, catering to a diverse readership ranging from students and researchers to educators, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural scholars in general
Published by the Graduate Program in Music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Journal of Music publishes texts in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. Available in a free electronic version and distributed both nationally and internationally, the journal is indexed in the RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and The Music Index-EBSCO databases. In the Qualis Journals assessment (2017–2021), the Brazilian Journal of Music was classified in the A3 stratum. DOI identifiers are assigned to all works accepted for publication.
Focus and Scope
Founded in 1934, the Brazilian Journal of Music is recognized today as the first academic-scientific music periodical in Brazil. Over its nine decades of existence, it has fostered the production and dissemination of scientific and artistic knowledge in the field of music, engaging in dialogue with related areas through the publication of full articles, interviews, reviews, announcements, and musical scores. The Brazilian Journal of Music features original research that reflects the current state of knowledge in the field, catering to a diverse readership ranging from students and researchers to educators, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural scholars in general
Published by the Graduate Program in Music at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Journal of Music publishes texts in Portuguese, English, and Spanish. Available in a free electronic version and distributed both nationally and internationally, the journal is indexed in the RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and The Music Index-EBSCO databases. In the Qualis Journals assessment (2017–2021), the Brazilian Journal of Music was classified in the A3 stratum. DOI identifiers are assigned to all works accepted for publication.
Open Access Policy
This journal offers free access to its content, following the principle that making scientific knowledge freely available leads to the democratization of knowledge.
Ad Hoc Review Committee
Adriano Monteiro (UFG)
Alexandre Brasil (UERJ)
Alexandre Fenerich (UNIRIO)
Alexandre Rosa (OSESP)
Alexandre Zamith (UNICAMP)
Aline Couri (EBA-UFRJ)
Álvaro Simões Corrêa Neder (UNIRIO)
André Luiz Gonçalves de Oliveira (UNICAMP)
Andrea Adour (EM-UFRJ)
Antonio Guedes (EBA-UFRJ)
Ariane Holzbach (UFF)
Bibiana Bragagnolo (UFMT)
Carlos Henrique Guadalupe Silveira (Doutor pela Université Lumière Lyon 2)
Cristiane Lima (UFSB)
Damyler Cunha (UFS)
Daniel Luís Barreiro (UFU)
Daniel Puig (UFSB)
Daniel Quaranta (UFJF-UNIRIO)
Danielle Crepaldi Carvalho (FBN)
Danilo Rossetti (UFMT)
Davi Donato (Doutor pela USP)
Débora Opolski (UFPR)
Demian Garcia (UNESPAR)
Eduardo Gonçalves dos Santos (UFMT)
Eduardo Santos Mendes (USP)
Eduardo Vicente (USP)
Fernando Morais da Costa (UFF)
Frederico Barros (EM-UFRJ)
Gabriel Rimoldi (CEMCPC-Uberlândia)
Georgia Cynara de Souza (UEG)
Giulio Draghi (EM-UFRJ)
Guilherme Bertissolo (UFBA)
Guilherme Maia (UFBA)
Gustavo Penha (UFMS)
Helen Gallo Dias (UNESP)
Ilza Nogueira (UFPB)
Ivan Capeller (ECO-UFRJ)
Ivan Simurra (UFAC)
Jalver Bethônico (UFMG)
Joana Cunha de Holanda (UFRN)
João Luiz Vieira (UFF)
João Svidzinski (CICM-Universidade Paris 8)
José Augusto Mannis (UNICAMP)
José Cláudio Castanheira (UFSC)
Juliano Oliveira (Orquestra Sinfônica de Ribeirão Preto)
Leonardo De Marchi (ECO-UFRJ)
Leonardo Vidigal (UFMG)
Luciana Prass (UFRGS)
Luciane Cardassi (UFBA)
Luigi Irlandini (UDESC)
Lutero da Silva Rodrigues (UNESP)
Manu Falleiros (UNICAMP)
Marcelo Carneiro de Lima (UNIRIO)
Márcia Carvalho (UNIP)
Márcia Taborda (EM-UFRJ)
Marcos Branda Lacerda (USP)
Mauricio Monteiro (Faculdade Cásper Líbero)
Norton Dudeque (UFPR)
Paulo Rios Filho (UFSM)
Ramayana Lira (UNISUL)
Rita de Cássia Domingues dos Santos (UFMT)
Rodolfo Valente (EMESP-Anhembi Morumbi)
Rodrigo Carreiro (UFPE)
Rodrigo Fonseca e Rodrigues (FUMEC)
Rogério Costa (USP)
Schneider Ferreira de Souza (SEEDUC-Rio de Janeiro)
Sergio Kafejian (FASM)
Sílvia Martínez (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Stéphan Schaub (UNICAMP)
Tadeu Taffarello (UNICAMP)
Tatiana Catanzaro (UnB)
Teresinha Prada (UFMT)
Valério Fiel da Costa (UFPB)
Virgínia Flores (UNILA)
Journal History
Founded in 1934, the Revista Brasileira de Música was the first academic-scientific music journal in Brazil. The idea of a scientific journal dedicated to music arose naturally from the incorporation of what was then the Instituto Nacional de Música into the structure of Brazil’s first public university, the University of Rio de Janeiro, created on September 7, 1920. Without losing its historic role as a center for the training of musicians, from that point onward, the Instituto Nacional de Música opened up space for new areas of musical knowledge, especially after the end of the Old Republic and the modernizing transformations stemming from the new political order established in Brazil with the so-called Revolution of 1930.
Decree no. 19,852, dated April 11, 1931, issued by Minister Francisco Campos, established the reform of university education. At the Instituto Nacional de Música, a curriculum reform was devised by a committee composed of Luciano Gallet, Sá Pereira, and Mário de Andrade. Among the numerous proposals was the introduction of new subjects such as History of Music and National Folklore. Thus, the foundations were laid for the creation of the Revista Brasileira de Música. The first issue was published in March 1934 by a committee composed of Guilherme Fontainha, Lorenzo Fernandez, Luiz Moretzsohn, and Luiz Heitor Correa de Azevedo. In his introductory remarks for the volume, Fontainha (then Director of the Institute) explained how “the INM lacked a publication outlet where students could follow every step of musical progress.” Among the contributors to this first issue were Ayres de Andrade, Francisco Mignone, Sá Pereira, and Mário de Andrade.
Published without interruption until 1945, the Revista Brasileira de Música released twenty-five issues in ten volumes during this initial phase. Its publication was resumed only in 1980, when the first graduate program in music in Brazil was created at the UFRJ School of Music. In this second phase, however, its regularity depended on the interest of the individual who, by regulation, served as the journal’s editor—namely, the Director of the School of Music. The last issue of this phase was published in 2002, during João Guilherme Ripper’s administration. By decision of the School’s Administration and its Congregation, in 2010 the Revista Brasileira de Música was placed under the responsibility of the Graduate Program in Music.
From 2010 to 2019, the journal was overseen by Editor-in-Chief Maria Alice Volpe. As of 2020, it has adopted a format including thematic dossiers linked to the Research Groups of the Graduate Program in Music, under the editorship of Professors João Vicente Vidal and Pauxy Gentil-Nunes, the program’s coordinators. Beginning in 2024, Professor Fábio Adour will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief, succeeding Professor Pauxy.