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Category:	Modern Music
Name:	Heitor Villa-Lobos
Birth Year:	1887
Death Year:	1959
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography Blog Heitor Villa-Lobos Artist Song Name Composer Composition Instrument 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. The Etudes and Preludes written by Villa-Lobos for solo guitar are a familiar part of the repertoire of that instrument. [Adapted from Karadar] The Great Books: Heitor Villa-Lobos Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Heitor Villa-Lobos . For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Heitor Villa-Lobos . Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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