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Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Brazilian composer (1887–1959)

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Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, choreographer, conductor, and musicologist. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1887, he worked primarily in the fields of music, classical music, and guitar. His notable works include the *Bachianas Brasileiras*, and he composed in the genres of opera and symphony. He began his work period in 1915 and continued until 1958.

Villa-Lobos spoke Portuguese and received the award of Commander of the Legion of Honour. He died in Rio de Janeiro in 1959 and is buried at the Cemitério de São João Batista.

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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
  • South of the Border with Disney — Self1942

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1887
Active to
1959
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Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
172,258
Total plays
1,804,487

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Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 — November 17, 1959) was a pioneering Brazilian modernist composer. He penned twelve symphonies, four operas, five ballets, and one of the most important string quartet cycles of the twentieth century. His music is noted for its exotic sound palette and formal inventiveness, influenced both by Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition. Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Heitor+Vill

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Key facts

Born
Heitor Villa-Lobos , ( 1887-03-05 ) March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died
November 17, 1959 (1959-11-17) (aged 72), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation
Composer

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Heitor
Gender
male
Citizenship
Brazil
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro
Place of death
Rio de Janeiro
Occupation
guitarist
Languages spoken
Portuguese
Notable work
Bachianas Brasileiras
Field of work
guitar
Genre
symphony
Instrument
guitar
Image
Heitor Villa-Lobos (c. 1922).jpg
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Commons category
Heitor Villa-Lobos
date of birth
1887-03-05
date of death
1959-11-17
list of works
list of compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Commons Creator page
Heitor Villa-Lobos
start of work period
1915-00-00
related category
Category:Compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos
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end of work period
1958-00-00
birth name
Heitor Villa-Lobos
place of burial
Cemitério de São João Batista
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Works in European collections

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

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