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The present paper presents the art songs composed by Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca for voice and piano. It is a synthesis of on the vocal works of this still neglected 20th century Brazilian composer. After a brief presentation about the composer and his compositional legacy, there is a discussion about the eclecticism contained in the composer work and, especially, in the set of 19 art songs from two perspectives: the historical and the analytical-musical. From the historical point of view, the art songs are presented based on the various stages of the composer's production, in addition to the personal and aesthetic aspects that influenced him. In sequence, eclecticism is discussed based on the musical and poetic elements contained in the songs: texts, treatment given to the piano, presence of melodic vocalises and aesthetics adopted, from which individual characteristics of each song are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]