Paulo Estudante

Associate Professor (DHEEAA-FLUC)

pauloestudante@fl.uc.pt

Associate professor in the area of Musical Studies. Director of the Art Studies graduation course. Integrated member of the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies (CECH) of the University of Coimbra, coordinating the research project Mundos e Fundos. Mundos Metodológico e Interpretativo dos Fundos Musicais (CECH). He is also a member of the international research groups Lexique Musical de la Renaissance (CERS, U. Lorraine), Tratados Musicales en Español | TraMusE (U. Salamanca), and Contrapunto. The Renaissance Musical Work: Foundations, repertoires and practices (U. Valladolid). Paulo Estudante is currently strongly focused on co-coordinating three projects: Restoration of the musical sources of the University of Coimbra (since 2019), Seeing and Hearing the Past. Spatial and acoustic reconstruction of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra in the 16th century (since 2020), and Bridging Musical Heritage. Shaping creativity today by reconnecting cultures from the past (since 2022). 

Interests / Research areas 
His main research interests, at present, have been centred around (1) the study of sources, in particular those belonging to the Portuguese musical heritage prior to the 19th century; (2) musical philology, (3) the social and cultural context of European musical practice prior to the 19th century, (4) musical practices (namely instrumental) in the Catholic liturgical context.

Selected publications

• Paulo ESTUDANTE, José ABREU, “Contrapunto sobre el canto de organo. De la teoria a la práctica a través de un manuscrito desconocido de la Catedral de Évora”, SOL, M. del, MONTERO, J. (eds.), Sebástian de Vivanco y la música de su tiempo, Colección Música Viva, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 48 pp.   [in press, to be published 2025]
• Paulo ESTUDANTE, “Vers la construction du paysage sonore historique de Coimbra. Relecture acoustique de la cathédrale de Coimbra (Sé Velha) au XVIe siècle”, DIEGO PACHECO, C., DUFOURCET BOCINOS, M.-B., NOMMICK, Y. (dir.), Au-delà des Pyrénées. Dix siècles de musique entre France et Espagne. Essais en l’honneur de Louis Jambou, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 2023, pp. 403-14
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, ABREU, José, “Vers l’identification d’un lexique musical portugais. Définition d’un point de départ avec la mise en contexte et dépouillement de l’Arte de Cantochão de Pedro Talésio (1618/1628)”, Diego Pacheco, C., García Pérez, Amaya (eds.), Musique et lexique à la Renaissance. Une approche de la musique ancienne par ses mots, Paris, Classiques Garnier. 2022, pp. 185-196
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, “História recente dos cartapácios da Universidade de Coimbra – Homenagem aos pioneiros da Musicologia Portuguesa” / “Recent history of the cartapácios at the University of Coimbra – Tribute to the Pioneers of Portuguese Musicology”, Escola de Música da Sé de Évora: conferências, Edições Colibri, 2019, pp. 105-137 / 139-178
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, LUÍS, Ana R., "Vilancicos de Negro: the meeting-point between Afro-Portuguese and Baroque church music”, Faits de Langues 49/1, Brill Publishers, 2019, pp. 155- 165
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, LUÍS, Ana R., "Documenting 17th-century Língua de Preto: Evidence from the Coimbra archives", Schwengler, A. et al. (eds.), The Iberian Challenge: Creole languages beyond the plantation setting, Frankfurt, Iberoamericana Vervuert Publishing, 2016, pp. 85-112
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, "Por sere[m] m[ui]to nescesarios para o seruico desta See. Incorporação permanente dos charamelas no serviço musical da Sé de Coimbra (sécs. XVI-XVII)", Boletim do Arquivo da Universidade de Coimbra, XXVII, 2014, pp. 295-339
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, ABREU, José, “A propósito dos livros de polifonia impressa existentes na Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra”, Revista de História das Ideias, vol. 32, Coimbra, Dez 2011, pp. 81-130
• ESTUDANTE, Paulo, “A new XVIIth-century Iberian Source of Instrumental Music”, Early Music, vol. XXXIV/4, Oxford University Press, Nov 2006, pp. 645-60