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Heitor Villa-Lobos See also: Brazilian composers Modern composers Born: 5 March , Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Died: 17 November , Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Sheet music Music Biography Shop ... FREE Classical MP3! Download 25 tracks from eMusic — Vast collection — No Restrictions — Own Your Music! Reactions [No reactions yet.] Add your reaction Title: Comments: Note: HTML code will be filtered out. Comments will appear on the website immediately after submission, but will be moderated. Reactions should be between 50 and 2000 characters long. [Phonetic spelling (mp3)] Please copy the above security text: Contributions by: grancherpiano mvillalobos Sheet music SheetMusicPlus VirtualSheetMusic Below is a selection of scores available at SheetMusicPlus.com Find more scores by Heitor Villa-Lobos → select instrument ← Show all Piano Organ Harpsichord Guitar Violin Viola Cello Double bass Gamba Recorder Piccolo Flute Oboe English horn Saxophone Clarinet Bassoon Trumpet French horn Trombone Tuba Percussion Voice Vocal Choir Band Orchestra Show results (max.) [details ←] Aria (Cantilena) orchestra

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[Página Principal] [Página As Vidas] HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Compositor, 1887-1959 Leonor Lains ERA A FÚRIA ORGANIZANDO-SE EM RITMO... QUANDO TUDO ACONTECEU... Nasce no Rio de Janeiro a 5 de Março. - Aprende violoncelo com o pai. - Aperfeiçoa a técnica de violoncelo com Breno Niemberg. - Começo de uma vida errante pelo Brasil de Norte a Sul, que durará 8 anos. - Curta passagem pelo Instituto Nacional de Música do Rio de Janeiro, tendo aulas de Harmonia com Frederico Nascimento. Fixa-se no Rio de Janeiro. Ganha a vida a tocar em teatros de revista e de opereta. - Realiza o primeiro concerto de obras suas, dando início ao modernismo brasileiro. - Acaba a ópera Izaht Apresenta o Quarteto Op. 15 em Buenos Aires. Compõe a suite para piano Prole do bebé. - A Semana da Arte Moderna de São Paulo consagra-o como compositor. - Consagração em Paris. O pianista Arthur Rubinstein interpreta Prole do bebé. - Realiza três festivais sinfónicos para a Associação Wagneriana de Buenos Aires. - Volta à Europa. Dirige obras suas à frente das mais prestigiadas orquestras europeias. Em Lisboa dirige a Sinfónica portuguesa. É professor de composição do Conservatório Internacional de Paris e faz parte do

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Heitor Villa-Lobos born in Rio de Janeiro in 1887, has, by virtue of both his immense output and colorful and accessible musical language, become the most celebrated Brazilian composer of all time. His work not only richly typifies the diverse and kaleidoscopic Brazilian scene but also, in its abundance, originality, and vitality, provided the key which unlocked Brazilian art music once and for all from the shackles of European late-Romanticism. After the death of his father in 1899, Villa-Lobos, determined to escape the medical career planned for him by his mother, spent time playing (probably cello and guitar) in the ad hoc musical groups which performed and improvised in Rio's cafes, on street corners, and at parties and weddings - the chtros. He then traveled in Brazil, absorbing musical influences from his country's three main ethnic strands - Portuguese, African and Amerindian. This all resulted in the realization that the glorious aural amalgam which so impressed his soul was indeed the means by which concert music in Brazil would be revitalized and given a voice of its own.

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Statistiques du site S'abonner au bulletin Discographies Iconographies ... Nouveaux livres Rechercher sur rEm Exact Bulletin Officiel Journal Officiel Library of Congress British Library ... z Villa-Lobos Heitor bibliographie discographie liens * Rio de Janeiro 5 mars 1887 — † Rio de Janeiro 17 novembre 1959 Choros Aglaia et Elisa Izaht Semaise d'Art Moderne Jurupary dite Sume Pater Patrium Magnificat Alleluia Bibliographie BEAUFILS M., ditions Iheal et Est. GOLDEMBERG RICARDO , MARIZ VASCO, Hector Villa-Lobos. SCHIC ANNA. STELLA., ditions Actes Sud) Discographie Villa-Lobos Songs : View and Miniatures Erwartung Ensemble, B. Desgraupe, dir. Classics of the mericas, vol. 5 / Opus 111, OPS 30-65, 1992 1. Sertao no estio — 3. Cromo n° 2 — 4. Cromo n° 3 — 5. Sino da aldeia — 6. Japonesas — 7. Sonho — 8. Il bove — 10. Tarde na Gloria — 11. Tempos atras — 12. Tristeza — 13. Vôo — 14. Serenata — 15. Canide loune Sabath — 16. Teiru — 17. A Iara — 18. Padre nosso (1914) — 19. A cascavel —20. Ave Maria (1914) — 21. As filhas de Maria —22. Voila la vie! — 23. Inutile epigramme — 24. Sonho de uma noite de verao — 25. Epigrama — 26. Perversidade — 27. Pudor — 28. Imagem — 29. Verdade — 30. Lune d'octobre — 31. O novelozinho de linha — 32. Solidao — 33. Cancao de cristal — 34. Jardim fanado —35. "Bonsoir Paris!" from Magdalena Heitor Villa-Lobos , opus 11 pour piano et orchestre Ralph Gothoni, piano

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ABOUT HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959) Photo courtesy of Museu Villa-Lobos and Villa-Lobos' heirs, taken in the 1950s in Los Angeles. VILLA-LOBOS CATALOG RETURN TO STUDIO HOME PAGE GO TO STORE ... WHAT'S NEW? Born in Rio de Janiero and trained first as a 'cellist, Villa-Lobos spent 1923-30 in Europe, where the compositions of Stravinsky made a great impression. His neo-classical love of J. S. Bach resulted in a series of works called the Bachianas Brasileiras in which Baroque forms were recreated with Brazilian color. Returning to Brazil in 1930, he held a series of official teaching posts, founded the Conservatório Nacional de Canto Orfeónico, and the Brazilian Academy of Music, and tirelessly promoted music as a means to the creation of a national identity. He was a prolific composer. For more detailed information, we suggest you explore the following excellent websites which are devoted to Villa-Lobos: Some recent photos of the Villa-Lobos Museum in Rio de Janeiro. The English language Villa-Lobos web-site . Biography, bibliography, photos. The Villa-Lobos Music Society, Inc.

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web hosting domain names photo sharing VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor H eitor V illa- L obos (1889-1959) Compositor e maestro brasileiro, nasceu no Rio de Janeiro, filho de um músico amador, funcionário da Biblioteca Nacional. Desde cedo aprendeu piano e clarineta e aos 12 anos começou a tocar violoncelo em teatros, cafés e bailes. Também aprendeu violão e conviveu com os chorões (músicos populares que tocavam choros), que com suas canções de rua foram seus primeiros professores. Sua formação de autodidata foi completada lendo e estudando as obras dos grandes mestres, tratados didáticos como o de d'Indy. Mas são o seu instinto e gênio, peculiar aos grandes mestres, e sua grande admiração por Johann Sebastian Bach, a força que o impulsiona a compor. O conhecimento do folclore nacional viria também a ser de vital importância para a criação de sua monumental obra nacionalista. Heitor viajou muito pelo interior do Brasil, fugindo de casa, da sua mãe, que queria que ele estudasse medicina. Nestas viagens coletou vasto material folclórico que viria a ser uma rica fonte para o amadurecimento do seu estilo nacionalista, apesar das suas primeiras composições serem influenciadas por Wagner, Puccini, Franck, compositores da virada do século, do alto romantismo e do impressionismo francês. Entretanto, com as Danças Característica Africanas, para piano e com os bailados Amazonas e Uirapuru (1917), estas influências começaram a ser ignoradas. Em 1913, conclui a Prole do Bebê, para piano, o Noneto (1923), vocal e instrumental.

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Composers Biography Languages Heitor Villa-Lobos Life Works Best Works Photo Gallery ... Home Page Heitor Villa-Lobos Life The first Latin American composer to gain international fame, Villa-Lobos may be considered the founder of national music in Brazil. As a young man he travelled extensively throughout the country absorbing the varying musical traditions. After a period in Paris, he returned to his native land in 1930, where he eventually won official recognition and made a significant contribution to Brazilian music education. His varied compositions include stage-works, choral and instrumental compositions, chamber music, songs and piano music. His most popular works are written in forms he invented known as Bachianas brasileiras, which combine the styles of J. S. Bach and Brazilian musical idioms, and Chôros, inspired by the traditional street-music of Rio de Janeiro. MIDI FILE - Bachiana Brasilera No. 4 Heitor Villa-Lobos Works The Etudes and Preludes written by Villa-Lobos for solo guitar are a familiar part of the repertoire of that instrument. Heitor Villa-Lobos Best Works The most important works of H. Villa-Lobos

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Introduction Cantatas Other Vocal Non-Vocal ... Z Heitor Villa-Lobos (Composer, Conductor) Born: March 5, 1887 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Died: November 17, 1959. - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Life The Brazilian compose, Heitor Villa-Lobos, learned music from his father, who was a widely-read, highly-cultured amateur of music and a librarian. By the turn of the century Villa-Lobos had turned himself into a professional musician. He earned his living as a cafe musician; his instrument was the cello. n 1905 Heitor Villa-Lobos made the first of his trips to Brazil's north-eastern states, to collect folk music. Such trips would continue in the future, though Villa-Lobos spun a web of mystery around them; his own testimony of adventures with the cannibal tribes of the North-East is not always trustworthy. Afterwards, he studied at the National Institute of Music in Rio de Janeiro, though his compositional style never conformed to any academic norms. His music remained always personal and idiosyncratic. As Villa-Lobos himself said many years later: "My music is natural, like a waterfall." Also: "One foot in the academy and you are changed for the worst!" After another ethno-musicological trip to the Amazonian interior in 1912, Heitor Villa-Lobos returned to Rio de Janeiro. There, on November 13, 1915, he turned the city on its ear with a concert of his new music. By 1923, he had attracted enough official favour to win a government grant to study in Paris. On his return in 1930, Villa-Lobos was made director of music education in Rio de Janeiro.

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register now! Home Genres Classical Music ... V > Villa-Lobos, Heitor Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959) View Discography Guitar Music The Etudes and Preludes written by Villa-Lobos for solo guitar are a familiar part of the repertoire of that instrument. Discography AGAY, Karola: Songs by Stradella, Caccini, Scarlatti, Britten and others, and Hungarian Love Songs BACH / LISZT / MENDELSSOHN / GRIEG / RAVEL: The Joy of Piano BARBER: Summer Music / CARTER: Woodwind Quintet BARBER: Summer Music / FINE: Partita / SCHULLER: Suite / HARBISON: Wind Quintet / BEACH: Pastorale BARRIOS MANGORE / VILLA-LOBOS / BROUWER: Guitar Music BARRUECO, Manuel: 300 Years of Guitar Masterpieces BIZET/SERBRIER: Carmen Symphony BRASILIANA: Three Centuries of Brazilian Music BRAZILIAN PORTRAIT: VILLA-LOBOS AND THE GUIITAR MUSIC OF BRAZIL  CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN: Music from the Novels of Louis de Bernieres CHAMBER MUSIC PALM BEACH: Illuminations DIALOGUES DOMENICONI: Chaconne / VILLA-LOBOS: Guitar Concerto (excerpt) / KAVANAGH: 3 Preludes / Briny Ocean ENESCU: Cello Sonata Op. 26 / VILLA-LOBOS: O Canto do Capadocio

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Heitor Villa-Lobos An enormously prolific composer and a man of exuberant energy, Heitor Villa-Lobos transformed the musical life of his native Brazil and put the country on the international musical map. His musical education was anything but academic. From an early age he learned the cello with his father, and it was always an instrument close to his heart. He also gained a virtuosic command of the guitar, on which he improvised with popular musicians in his home city, Rio de Janeiro. Between the ages of 18 and 25, Villa-Lobos travelled all over Brazil exploring various forms of Brazilian music and collecting materials. He later entertained Parisian circles with tales of being captured by cannibal Indians, who released him unharmed only because of his musical abilities. On his return to Rio, his attempts at formal training in composition proved uncongenial to his fiery and impatient temperament, but he did study the works of the great masters while earning his living playing in cafes. He composed continuously, gaining increasing recognition, and in 1922 received an official commission for a work about World War I - his Third Symphony 'A guerra' (To War).

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HowStuffWorks.com RSS Make HowStuffWorks your homepage Get Newsletter Search HowStuffWorks and the web: Encyclopedia Humanities Music Biographies ... Other Composers Learn about Other Musical Composers and get biographical information on Other Musical Composers. Related Categories: REFERENCE LINKS PRINT EMAIL Villa-Lobos, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Heitor, VEE lah LOH bohs, AY tur (1887-1959), was a Brazilian composer who played a crucial role in developing a Brazilian national style of music. Villa-Lobos composed nine Bachianas Brasileiras (1930-1944) that blend Brazilian folk tunes with the style of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Villa-Lobos wrote 16 Choros (1920-1928), primarily for large orchestra. These works were named for Brazilian bands of street musicians whose style was based on improvisation. Villa-Lobos also composed 12 symphonies and 16 string quartets, as well as ballets, operas, and oratorios. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Related Topics: Hill, Alfred (1870-1960), was one of Australia's best-known composers. He developed themes from Maori chants and used them in many of his... Le Gallienne, Dorian

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