Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer who lived from 1887 to 1959 and created music that blended European classical traditions with Brazilian folk and popular music. His works are significant because they helped establish a distinctive Brazilian musical identity and made him one of the most internationally recognized composers from Latin America.
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- Born
- 1887-03-05
- Died
- 1959-11-17
- Works
- 111
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- Пьесы для фортепиано
- Uma metáfora
- Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6
- Assobio a játo. (The Jet Whistle) ... For flute and violoncello. [Score.]
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (Rio de Janeiro, March 5, 1887 – Rio de Janeiro, November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist and guitarist, described as "the most significant creative figure in 20th century in Brazilian classical music", and becoming the best-known South American composer of all time.
Known for
- Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self (archive footage)2019
- Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova — Self (archive footage)2005
- Villa-Lobos - O Índio de Casaca — Self (archive footage)1987
- Retrato de Villa-Lobos — Ele mesmo (arquivo)1964
- Dois artistas nacionais - Portinari e Villa Lobos — Self1943
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) 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. "Mindinha", are important works in the classical guitar repertory.
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1887 births1959 deaths20th-century Brazilian classical composers20th-century Brazilian guitarists20th-century Brazilian male musiciansBallet composersBrazilian classical guitaristsBrazilian film score composersBrazilian male film score composersBrazilian male guitaristsBrazilian opera composersBrazilian people of Spanish descent