Os Degraus do Parnaso

Notebooks

In the following descriptions two abbreviations are used: DP¹ stands for the first edition of Os Degraus do Parnaso, Lisboa: O Independente, 1991; DP² refers to the second edition of Os Degraus do Parnaso, Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim, 2002.

 

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A blank paper notebook bought in Austria at present in the hands of a private collector. This notebook belonged to Vasco Rosa, who edited DP¹. It measures 300 x 224 mm (cover) and 292 x 208 mm (leaves). On the cover, adhesive label displaying the indication “Harmonielehre | III | Skizzen” Originally it had 100 leaves (the recto of the flyleaf has the following imprinted, in German: “glatt A/4 1/2L. 100 Blt.”). Apart from a black pen, Lourenço used several coloured markers:  blue, green, red, lime green, brown, orange and yellow.

Contents:

1. Notes based on Erich Wolf’s Die Musikausbildung, vol. 2, Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1979 (esp. p.63 and following), Library of the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, A 15-MSL (2r-31v), in German and Portuguese (explicit dates: 31-12-1983, 1-1-1984, 2-1-1984, 3-1-1984, 4-1-1984, 5-1-1984, 6-1-1984, 9-1-1984, 11-1-1984, 12-1-1984, 13-1-1984, 15-1-1984, 18-1-1984, 19-1-1984, 24-1-1984, 26-1-1984, 30-1-1984, 1-2-1984, 2-2-1984, 3-2-1984).

2. Notes based on Arnold Schönberg, Harmonielehre, Wien: Universal, [1966?], Library of the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, A 72-MSL (32v-38v), in German. Although not explicitly dated, these notes were probably written down after 3-2-1984, the most recent date referred to in the previous section. This is in accordance with the time of acquisition penned at the beginning of the copy of Schönberg’s Harmonielehre which belonged to M. S. Lourenço: “Innsbrück-84”.

3. Draft of a paper on mechanical models in the philosophy of consciousness, presented by M. S. Lourenço at the Institut für philosophische Forschung und interdisziplinären Dialog, Innsbruck, 1988. A revision of this paper was published as “Modelos mecânicos na filosofia da consciência”, Crítica. Revista do Pensamento Contemporâneo. 6, Wittgenstein, a linguagem e a filosofia, Maio, 1991, p.49-80 (39r-56v), in German and English. It probably dates back to 1988.

4.Drafts of M. S. Lourenço, DP¹, texts 2 to 10 (56v-83v), in Portuguese. This set of drafts was written down between before 27-1-1989 and before 31-3-1989 (dates in which texts 2 and 10 originally came out).

4.2. Draft of “O lapso de Fradique”, O Independente, 27-1-1989, III-20; “O lapso de Fradique”, DP¹, p.10-13 (56v-59r).

4.3. Draft of “A duquesa com peles de tigre”, O Independente, 3-2-1989, III-21; “A duquesa com peles de tigre”, DP¹, p.14-17 (59v-61v).

4.4. Draft of “As vozes de Lulu”, O Independente, 10-2-1989, III-21; “As vozes de Lulu”, DP¹, p.18-21 (62v-65r). 

4.5. Draft of “O balcão de Berlioz”, O Independente, 17-2-1989, III-37; “O balcão de Berlioz”, DP¹, p.22-26 (65v-68r). 

4.6. Draft of “Agonia até à madrugada”, O Independente, 24-2-1989, III-21; “Agonia até à madrugada”, DP¹, p.27-31 (68v-71r).

4.7. Draft of “À sombra das acácias em flor”, O Independente, 3-3-1989, III-22; “À sombra das acácias em flor”, DP¹, p.32-36 (71v-74v).

4.8. Draft of “Salomé”, O Independente, 10-3-1989, III-19; “Salomé”, DP¹, p.37-41 (75v- 78v).

4.9. Draft of “Neo-Abjeccionismo e «kitsch» tropical”, O Independente, 17-3-1989, III-26; “A Sociedade sem Classe”, DP¹, p.42-45 (78v-81r). 

4.10. Draft of “Proust”, O Independente, 31-3-1989, III-35; “Música de uma noite de «ennui»”, DP¹, p.46-49 (81v-83v).

Stubs of removed leaves: between 56v and 57r there are stubs of perhaps three leaves. Probably these three leaves would have contained the draft of “A morte de Horácio”, O Independente, 20-1-1989, III-23; “A morte da Literatura”, DP¹, p.7-9.

Pages left in blank: 1rv, 39v, 62r, 75r, 84r to 94v.

 

 

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A ruled notebook bought in Austria at present in the hands of a private collector. This notebook belonged to Vasco Rosa, who edited DP¹. It measures 300 x 224 mm (cover) and 291 x 205 mm (leaves). On the cover, adhesive label displaying the indication “NOTIZBUCH | Ab | Sommersemester 1984”. Originally it had 100 leaves (the recto of the flyleaf has the following imprinted, in German: “lin. A/4 1/2L. 100 Blt.”). Apart from a black pen, Lourenço used several coloured markers:  blue, green, red, brown, lime green, purple and orange.

Contents:

1. Notes for the following courses: “Kritischer Humanismus”, “Eça de Queiroz SE”, “Die Entwicklung d. port. Lyrik im 20. Jhd”, University of Innsbruck (1r-32r), in German (explicit dates: 20-3-1984, 21-3-1984, 22-3-1984, 27-3-1984, 28-3-1984, 2-4-1984, 3-4-1984, 4-4-1984, 9-4-1984, 10-4-1984, 11-4-1984, 2-5-1984, 6-5-1984, 9-5-1984, 14-5-1984, 15-5-1984, 21-5-1984, 22-5-1984, 28-5-1984, 30-5-1984, 6-6-1984, 7-6-1984, 20-6-1984, 26-6-1984, 27-6-1984).

2. Notes for radio session (33r-33r), in German (explicit date: 9-11-1984).

3. Section title (“Sommersemester”) (34r), in German (explicit date: 1986).

4. Diary entries (35r-35v), in German (explicit dates: 24-4-1986, 25-4-1986, 26-4-1986, 27-4-1986).

5. Draft of M. S. Lourenço, DP¹, texts 11 to 25, and letters related to this work (36r-83r), in Portuguese and German (before 7-4-1989 to before 11-8-1989, the dates in which texts 11 and 25 originally came out).

5.0. Title (36r).

5.1. Draft of “Canções com palavras”, O Independente, 7-4-1989, III-35; “Canções com palavras”, DP¹, p.50-53 (37r-38v).

5.2. Draft of “A catedral abandonada”, O Independente, 14-4-1989, III-39; “A catedral abandonada”, DP¹, p.54-57 (40r-42v).

5.3. Draft of “Angústia em Viena num andar com vista”, O Independente, 28-4-1989, III-34; “Angústia em Viena num andar com vista”, DP¹, p.58-61 (43r-45v).

5.4. Draft of “Nada se pode saber”, O Independente, 5-5-1989, III-19; “Nada se pode saber”, DP¹, 1991, p.62-65 (46r-48r).

5.5. Draft of letter to Miguel Esteves Cardoso, 22-4-1989 (48r).

5.6. Draft of letter to José Duarte, 27-4-1989 (48v-49r).

5.7. Draft of “Os estilos de Wittgenstein”, O Independente, 12-5-1989, III-34; “Os estilos de Wittgenstein”, DP¹, p.66-69 (50r-52r).

5.8. Draft of “Em paisagem tropical | alma branca missa preta”, O Independente, 19-5-1989, III-21; “A neblina cai sobre a serra”, DP¹, p.70-73 (52v-55r).

5.9. Draft of unpublished text (55v-56v).

5.10. Draft of “Os limites do pessimismo”, O Independente, 26-5-1989, III-30; “Nihil sub sole novum”, DP¹, p.74-77 (57v-59v).

5.11. Draft of “Pequena suja com chocolate”, O Independente, 9-6-1989, III-40; “Pequena suja com chocolate”, DP¹, p.78-81 (61r-62v).

5.12. Draft of “Sobre uma profecia de Daniel”, O Independente, 16-6-1989, III-30; “Sobre uma profecia de Daniel”, DP¹, p.82-85 (63v-65v).

5.13. Draft of “O poema do êxtase”, O Independente, 30-6-1989, III-38; “O poema do êxtase”, DP¹, p.86-89 (67r-68v).

5.14. Draft of “Uma pérola para Fradique”, O Independente, 7-7-1989, III-38; “Uma pérola para Fradique”, DP¹, p.90-93 (69v-71v).

5.15. Draft of “A Abadia de Wytham”, O Independente, 14-7-1989, III-36; “A Abadia de Wytham”, DP¹, p.94-97 (72v-74v).

5.16. Draft of “Juno e o pavão”, O Independente, 21-7-1989, III-34; “Juno e o pavão”, DP¹, p.98-102 (76r-76v).

5.17. Draft of “O espelho do invisível”, O Independente, 4-8-1989, III-26; “O espelho do invisível”, DP¹ , p.103-106 (77v-80r).

5.18. Draft of “A linguagem universal”, O Independente, 11-8-1989, III-31; “A linguagem universal”, DP¹, 1991, p.107-110 (81r-83r).

5.19. Draft of letter to Miguel Esteves Cardoso, before 11-8-1989 (83r).

6. Draft of “O cálculo dos conceitos” (83v-85r), in Portuguese (after 1-8-1989).

Pages left in blank: 32v, 33v, 34v, 36v, 39rv, 49v, 57r, 60rv, 63r, 66rv, 69r, 72r, 75rv, 77v, 80v, 85v-87rv.

 

 

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A 50-leaf account notebook extant at Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Arquivo Português de Cultura Contemporânea (Esp. 62/205), measuring 322 x 225 mm (cover) and 317 x 219 mm (leaves). On the cover, adhesive label displaying the indication “MUSIKÄSTHETIK”. Coloured markers used by M. S. Lourenço: blue, green, light green, red and brown.

Contents:.

1. Notes on aesthetic relations (1r-2v), written down in English (explicit dates: 21-8-1990 and 22-8-1990).

2. Notes on Eduard Hanslick, Vom Musikalisch-Schönen, Leipzig, 1854 (3r-8r), in German and English (explicit dates: 23-8-1990 and 31-8-1990).

3. Notes on Roger Scruton, “Analytical Philosophy and the meaning of music”, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, XLVI, 1987, p.169-176 (8v-10r), in English and German (post 31-8-1990). A photocopy of this article was found among Lourenço’s papers. Parts of the photocopied text are highlighted in yellow; marginalia by a green and a red markers.

4. Notes on V. A. Howard, “On Musical Expression”, British Journal of Aesthetics, 11(3), 1971, p.268-280 (10r-12r), in English (post 31-8-1990). Two photocopies of this article (excluding p.280) were found among Lourenço’s papers. In one of the copies parts of the text are highlighted in yellow and there are marginalia by a green and a red markers.

5. Notes on V. A. Howard, “On Representational Music”, Noûs, 6, 1972, p.41-53; some bibliographic references at the end of 14r (12r-14r), in English (post 31-8-1990). Two photocopies of this article were found among Lourenço’s papers. Several passages are highlighted in yellow in one of the copies.

6. Notes on V. A. Howard, “Music and Constant Comment”, Erkenntnis, 12, 1978, p.73-82 (14v-15v), in English and German (post 31-8-1990). Two photocopies of this article were found among Lourenço’s papers. Several passages are highlighted in yellow in one of the copies.

7. Draft of the text on the back cover of M. S. Lourenço, Os Degraus do Parnaso, Lisboa: O Independente, 1991 (17r), in Portuguese (post 31-8-1990).

8. Draft of “Um Templo no Ouvido”, the first text of M. S. Lourenço, DP², p. 13-22 (17v-20v), in Portuguese (post 31-8-1990).

9. Draft of “Ler não é olhar é ouvir”, Phala 23, Abril/Maio/Junho, Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim, 1991, p.15-16 (21r-21v), in Portuguese (post 31-8-1990).

Pages left in blank: 16rv and 22r ad finem.