
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: Study scoreInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 6806Print editionPrint editionIn stock€28.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: String QuartetProduct number: ME 7982Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€36.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 7983Print editionPrint editionIn stock€87.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: Violin and PianoProduct number: ME 2465Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€18.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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DuoComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreInstrumentation: violin and celloProduct number: ME 2516Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€25.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choirProduct number: ME 6902Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 2563Print editionPrint editionIn stock€44.99Incl. 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 2105Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€30.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ME 2082Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€44.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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No. 1Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 5 | D MajorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6735Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€11.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 4 | E MinorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6734Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€11.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 3 | A MinorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6733Print editionPrint editionIn stock€11.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 2 | E MajorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6732Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€11.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Nr. 1 | E MinorComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ME 6731Print editionPrint editionIn stock€11.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionInstrumentation: voice and orchestraProduct number: ME 8626Print editionPrint editionIn stock€13.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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f. A Próle do Bébé Nr. 1 Les PoupéesPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 8 | Les PoupéesePrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€17.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 1 | Les PoupéesPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 9 | Os Bichinos O Lobosinho de VidroPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€21.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 8 | Os Bichinos O Ursonhino de AlgodaoPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€21.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 7 | Os Bichinos O Passarinho de PannoPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 6 | Os Bichinos O Boisinho de ChumboPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 5 | Os Bichinos O Cavalinho de PauPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€17.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 4 | Os Bichinos O Cachorrino de BurrachaPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 3 | Os Bichinos O Camundongo de MassaPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€21.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 2 | Os Bichinos A Gatinho de PapelaoPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Vol. 1 | Os Bichinos A Baratinha de PapelPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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f. CirandinhasPrint editionPrint editionOut of stock€10.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Danses des Indiens Métis du BrésilComposer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ME 2307Print editionPrint editionIn stock€72.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choirProduct number: ME 9412Print editionPrint editionIn stock€4.25Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ME 8373Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€90.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ME 7414Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€99.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: string orchestraProduct number: ME 7304Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€28.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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(Aria/Dansa)Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: Voice Part and PianoProduct number: ME 7470Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€30.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: ScoreInstrumentation: mixed choir and orchestraProduct number: ME 8555Print editionPrint editionIn stock€28.99Incl. 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 8406-02Print editionPrint editionIn stock€19.99Incl. 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 8406-01Print editionPrint editionIn stock€19.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Heitor Villa-LobosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: mixed choirProduct number: ME 6996Print editionPrint editionIn stock€14.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Original Compositions and Arrangements for OrchestraComposer: Ferruccio Busoni | Alfredo Casella | Antonín Dvořák | Paul Haletzki | Zoltán Kodály | Franz Liszt | Darius Milhaud | Modest Moussorgsky | Edmund Nick | Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninoff | Cyril Scott | Friedrich Smetana | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Bernd Alois ZimmermannArranger: Bernd Alois ZimmermannInterpreter: Sarah Wegener | Marcus Weiss | Ueli WigetConductor: Heinz HolligerOrchestra/ensemble: WDR SinfonieorchesterMedia Type: 3 CDsProduct number: WER 73872CDCDIn stock€39.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping