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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Born: 5th March 1887, Rio de Janeiro
Died: 17th November 1959, Rio de Janeiro
Nationality: Brazilian
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has globally become one of the most recognizable South American composers in music history. A prolific composer, he wrote many orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bach-pieces) and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929), dedicated to Andrés Segovia, and his 5 Preludes (1940), dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a.
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Popular Works: Villa-Lobos
- A Lenda do Caboclo (24)
- A Prole do Bebê, book 1 (16)
- As Três Marias (14)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for at least 8 cellos (27)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 for orchestra (31)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 for piano or orchestra (41)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) (195)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria and Dança (Martelo) (25)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon (17)
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 for chorus or string orchestra (17)
- Carnaval das Crianças (Children's Carnival) (12)
- Chôros No. 1 for guitar (82)
- Chôros No. 2 for flute & clarinet (12)
- Chôros No. 5 'Alma Brasileira' for piano (48)
- Chôros No. 7 'Settimino' for winds, violin & cello (10)
- Ciclo Brasileiro (22)
- Danças Características Africanas (11)
- Distribuição de Flores (21)
- Estudos (12) for guitar, W235 (81)
- Etude for Guitar, W 235 No. 1 in E minor (32)
- Etude for Guitar, W 235 No. 7 in E major (12)
- Etude for Guitar, W 235 No. 8 in C sharp minor (19)
- Etude for Guitar, W 235 No. 12 in A minor (11)
- Fantasia in F for Saxophone (18)
- Floresta do Amazonas, W 551 (13)
- Guitar Concerto (37)
- Modinha (17)
- New York Skyline (11)
- Prelude No. 1 in E minor (43)
- Prelude No. 2 in E major (16)
- Prelude No. 3 in A minor (21)
- Prelude No. 4 in E minor 'Weep you no more sad fountains' (17)
- Preludes (5) for guitar (63)
- Rudepoêma (16)
- Saudades das Selvas Brasilieras (10)
- Sentimental Melody (from Forest of the Amazon) (15)
- Sextuor mystique for Flute, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Guitar, Celesta and Harp (12)
- Song of the Black Swan (O Canto do Cysne Negro) (30)
- Suite populaire brésilienne (49)
- Valsa da Dor (23)
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