Villa-Lobos
The music of the prolific Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) typifies Brazil, in its diversity, spirit of racial amalgam, and awesome beauty. Through the sheer quantity of his output, his original use of folkloric material, and the striking accessibility of his scores, Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer of all time. This book provides an introduction to his music, and by focusing attention on important or unusual works from his large oeuvre, charts Villa-Lobos's own often anguished musical journey through the Brazilian landscape. Jungle, grasslands, river, city, and ocean all find a legitimate place in his aural mosaic of Brazil, but as he approached death his music assumed a deep spiritual quality of peace and resignation. His personal journey of discovery and fulfilment is clearly explained, set against the pervasive backdrop of social and political upheaval which characterized Brazil during Villa-Lobos's lifetime
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780193154766, 9780193154759, 0193154765, 0193154757
24590912
List of Music Examples and Tables
I. Background (1887-1911)
II. Themes and Landscapes (1912-1922)
III. A Brazilian in Paris: the Synthesis (1923-1929)
IV. Bach and Brazil (1930-1945)
V. Vargas and Brazil (1930-1945)
VI. Last Years (1946-1959)