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News about Heitor Villa-Lobos on the web and in the Real World.
- Author: Dean Frey
- Listed in: Classical Music
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Recent Posts
Villa in Concert
This concert in the Viva Villa! series includes songs from the Guia Pratico. I would imagine that the concert might include songs Villa-Lobos that conducted in one of his mass-choir Canto Orfeonica concerts, like the one pictured in the poster: at t...
Editorial in O Globo
This moving editorial in the November 18, 2009 edition of O Globo is the culmination of months of Villa-Lobos's increasing profile in Brazil. There's a lot of love for Villa in that country!Here is the Google English translation. "You do not need a...
New Villa-Lobos Book
The new book Villa-Lobos: Processos composicionais, by Paulo de Tarso Salles(CMU-ECA/USP) includes musical analysis of the Choros, Bachianas, Amazonas, Uirapuru, and the guitar and piano music.The book's references to Stravinksy, Bartok, Schoenberg, ...
O Martírio dos Insetos
The publication of a new Villa-Lobos score is an exciting event. O Martírio dos Insetos, written in 1925 for violin and orchestra, has been edited and adapted by violin & piano by Ricardo Averbach.This is a piece I've never heard. There is a 2...
Villa walks through the city
Tributes to Villa-Lobos on the 50th Anniversary of his death have come from visual as well as musical artists. One example is the Tribute to Villa-Lobos at the UN. And there are some great new caricatures of Villa-Lobos (here and here), who has be...
The big day in Brazil
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Villa-Lobos: November 17, 1959. Villa-Lobos lovers are celebrating his music with special concerts, conferences, and exhibitions around the world: in Rio, Sao Paulo, New York, Luxembourg, and Paris. But...
