Doctor and Master in Social History of Culture and specialist in the History of Culture and Arts at UFMG. Post doctorate from the School of UFMG Music Department of Music in the search line Music and Culture. Researcher linked to the GP-CMC Research Group – Body, Music and Music School of Culture UEMG Group PAMVILLA Search – Analytical Perspectives for the music of Villa-Lobos ECA / USP.. Effective Professor of the Department of Music Theory at the University of Minas Gerais (UEMG) which carries out research in the areas of Music, Arts and History at the Research Center of the Music School, teaches the Art History courses, History of Brazilian Music and Anthropology Cultural.Coordena the project entitled Heitor Villa-Lobos in Hispanic America: study of the Brazilian composer work of internationalization from the Curt Lange (1930-1945)-FAPEMIG.

major publications
ARCHANGEL, What. Heitor Villa-Lobos and musical Americanism Francisco Curt Lange. In: Villa-Lobos III National Symposium: musical analysis, history and connections 55 Villa-Lobos Festival., 2018, Rio de Janeiro. Proceedings of the III Villa-Lobos National Symposium: musical analysis, history and connections 55 Villa-Lobos Festival.. Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ, 2018. v. 1. p. 60-72.
ARCHANGEL, What. The Villa-Lobos and file the Choros n.10: modernism, "Plagiarism" and public policy in times of crisis in Brazil (1952-54). In: IV Symposium Villa-Lobos, 2018, Sao Paulo. Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium Villa-Lobos. Sao Paulo: USP, 2018. v. 1. p. 217-235.
ARCHANGEL, What. The mining colonial music in musicology and correspondence of Francisco Curt Lange (1944 ? 1946). In: First Meeting of Historical Musicology Field of Strands, 2018, São João del Rei. Proceedings of the First Meeting of Historical Musicology Field of Strands. São João del Rei: UFSJ, 2018. v. 1. p. 338-353.
ARCHANGEL, What. Claudio Santoro and musical Americanism Francisco Curt Lange: nationalisms, musical practices and social networks in Brazil (1940-1946). In: Proceedings of the 1st Symposium of Research in Music Education UFOP, memories and languages in interdisciplinary dialogue. another Black: UFOP, 2017. v. 1. p. 223-237.
ARCHANGEL, What. The correspondence between Heitor Villa-Lobos and Francisco Curt Lange: nationalism and musical Americanism between the years 1930 e 1940. In: III SYMPOSIUM Villa-Lobos, 2017, Sao Paulo. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM III VILLA-LOBOS. Sao Paulo: ECA-USP, 2017. v. 1. p. 120-134.
ARCHANGEL, What. The correspondence between Heitor Villa-Lobos and Francisco Curt Lange: nationalism and musical Americanism between the years 1930 e 1940. In: III Villa-Lobos Symposium, 2017, Sao Paulo. Proceedings of the III Villa-Lobos Symposium. Sao Paulo: ECA-USP, 2017. v. 1. p. 120-134.
ARCHANGEL, What. LOOKS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD LAGOINHA: heritage education, images, daily and memories. In: ICOMOS, 2017, Belo Horizonte. Proceedings 1st Symposium Scientific ICOMOS Brazil, 2017.
ARCHANGEL, What. HOOP, Rangel Netto . Music, Language and Society. Magazine E-HUM, Belo Horizonte: UNIBH, 2016
ARCHANGEL, What; MIRANDA, Marcio Antonio . musical practices, social networks and intellectual culture in the correspondence between Francisco Curt Lange and Claudio Santoro(1940-1946). e-Hum, v. 9, p. 105-115, 2016.
ARCHANGEL, What. A Brazilian musician in New York: Pan Americanism in the work of Heitor Villa-Lobos (1939-1945). Journal Policy Studies, v. 6, p. 467-486, 2016.
ARCHANGEL, What. Claude Debussy's Impressionism in the work of Heitor Villa-Lobos as an expression of modernism Rio. Shapes, Images, Sons: The Art History Cultural universe.. 1ed.Belo Horizonte: Clio Cultural Management and Publishing, 2014, v. 1, p. 35-49.
ARCHANGEL, What. The guitar Heitor Villa-Lobos: Belle Epoque between Rio and the wheels of crying. e-Hum, v. 6, p. 1, 2013.
ARCHANGEL, What. Music history: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections. Modus : magazine UEMG Music School, v. 07, p. 3-13, 2012.