O uso da Romanesca no rock: o caso do programa criativo das bandas Queen e Journey.

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the incidence of a counterpoint schema called Romanesca in the work of two bands that started their career in the 1970s, afterwards, reaching a huge commercial success in the 80s and 90s. These examples show a structural recurrence of the schema, possibly being a search to express affections that would be evoked through the Romanesca. Even though the groups used the counterpoint schema in different ways, this research shows possible directions that may have guided their decision to use it, in a way that was crucial to consolidate both commercially.