Catulo da Paixão Cearense e os embates cancioneiros na virada do século XIX ao XX no Rio de Janeiro.

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, through the life of Catulo da Paixão Cearense, the ideas about music making mostly discussed at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century in Rio de Janeiro. Catulo, a poet who shared with other musicians a project for artistic recognition, intended to modernize the art of the modinha. Conceptions on music making, specially on poetic-music making of songs, are the main topics of this article, resulted not only from Catulo's own words, but also from the practices of individuals of a wide social group that included artists, musicians, writers, journalists and intellectuals. It discusses issues such as national identity, social identity of the artists, and a new cultural industry which was developing in the capital of Brazil. Each actor established different meanings for music making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]