Heitor Villa-Lobos
Country of origin:
Brazil
Birthday:
March 5, 1887
Date of death:
November 17, 1959
About Heitor Villa-Lobos
The composer was born in Rio de Janeiro on 5 March 1887 as second of eight children of the teacher and later librarian Raul Villa-Lobos. At the age of six, he received his first music lessons from his father. Due to family trips into the interior of the country, he very early came into contact with Brazilian folklore. After the early death of his father, he worked as a cello player in coffee houses and at small theatres. His first compositions were created around 1900.
In 1923, Villa-Lobos spent one year on a national scholarship in Paris where he gained new important impressions, and after his return to his home country he wrote some of his most important works. From 1927 to 1930 he spent again a few years in Paris. During that time, he was the first Latin American composer to gain international fame.
After his return to Brazil, Villa-Lobos formulated plans for music teaching on behalf of the government. Thus began his career as an outstanding music teacher who had a lasting influence on the music education of his country.
With his first visit to the USA in 1944 for a concert with the Janssen Symphony Orchestra, he continued to increase his international fame. From then on until his death, he stayed repeatedly in the USA where he appeared as a guest conductor with the most renowned orchestras. Major part of his works was recorded after 1944.
Villa-Lobos died at his birthplace Rio de Janeiro on 17 November 1959, following a long illness.
Oeuvre
Heitor Villa-Lobos is regarded as the most important and internationally most successful composer of Latin America. His comprehensive oeuvre combines traditional Brazilian and European art music in a many-faceted way.
His comprehensive oeuvre includes operas, orchestral music, chamber music and vocal music. He wrote twelve symphonies, five piano concertos, two cello concertos, one guitar, harp and harmonica concerto each, 17 string quartets and three piano trios, among others. His works for guitar form part of the standard repertoire for soloists on this instrument.
His most famous and most successful works are the 14 Choros and nine Bachianas Brasileiras for various instrumentations which clearly manifest the inspiration through Brazilian folklore. In the Bachianas Brasileiras, Villa-Lobos made Brazilian folk tunes into suites in the polyphonic style of Johann Sebastian Bach who had been one of his most important musical examples from his youth. Less known are the works that are more in the European tradition and are reminiscent of musical examples from Romanticism, Impressionism and neoclassicism.
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 6806-10In stock€42.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 6806In stock€27.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: String QuartetProduct number: ME 7982Out of stock€36.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 7983In stock€84.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: Violin and PianoProduct number: ME 2465Out of stock€25.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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DuoComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreInstrumentation: violin and celloProduct number: ME 2516Out of stock€24.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choirProduct number: ME 6902In stock€14.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 2563In stock€39.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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1.Canide Ioune-Sabath 2.Teirú 3.IáraComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: mezzo-soprano and pianoProduct number: ME 2105Out of stock€29.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 2082Out of stock€42.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 5 | D MajorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6735Out of stock€10.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 4 | E MinorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6734Out of stock€10.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 3 | A MinorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6733In stock€10.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 2 | E MajorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6732Out of stock€10.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 1 | E MinorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6731Out of stock€10.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionInstrumentation: voice and orchestraProduct number: ME 8626In stock€12.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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f. A Próle do Bébé Nr. 1 Les PoupéesOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 8 | Les PoupéeseOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 7 | Les PoupéesOut of stock€12.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 5 | Les PoupéesOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 2 | Les PoupéesOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 1 | Les PoupéesOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 9 | Os Bichinos O Lobosinho de VidroOut of stock€20.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 8 | Os Bichinos O Ursonhino de AlgodaoOut of stock€20.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 7 | Os Bichinos O Passarinho de PannoOut of stock€14.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 6 | Os Bichinos O Boisinho de ChumboOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 5 | Os Bichinos O Cavalinho de PauOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 4 | Os Bichinos O Cachorrino de BurrachaOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 3 | Os Bichinos O Camundongo de MassaOut of stock€20.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 2 | Os Bichinos A Gatinho de PapelaoOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 1 | Os Bichinos A Baratinha de PapelOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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f. CirandinhasOut of stock€9.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Danses des Indiens Métis du BrésilComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ME 2307In stock€71.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choirProduct number: ME 9412In stock€3.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ME 8373Out of stock€89.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ME 7414Out of stock€97.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: string orchestraProduct number: ME 7304Out of stock€27.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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(Aria/Dansa)Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: Voice Part and PianoProduct number: ME 7470Out of stock€29.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: ScoreInstrumentation: mixed choir and orchestraProduct number: ME 8555In stock€27.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral part, Male VoicesInstrumentation: mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraProduct number: ME 8406-02In stock€18.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral part, Female VoicesInstrumentation: mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraProduct number: ME 8406-01In stock€18.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choirProduct number: ME 6996In stock€13.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping