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Name: Heitor Villa-Lobos
Birth Date: March 5, 1887
Death Date: November 17, 1959
Place of Birth: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Place of Death: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Nationality: Brazilian
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Biography of Heitor Villa-Lobos
426 words, approx. 1 pages
The Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) was the most prolific and original of those Brazilians who, during the 20th century, worked toward the development of a national idiom in serious music that incorporated African and Native American...


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Heitor Villa-Lobos Information
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Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works. His music was influenced by both...


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Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Search for Brazil's Musical Soul. (book reviews)
09/01/1995: 909 words, approx. 3 pages
This concise biographical and analytical study of the life and works of Heitor Villa-Lobos has its scope carefully limited by Gerard Behague to provide maximum information on the composer's life and excellent analyses of fifty-two musical works. Based on a prize-winning essay, the...
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The World of Villa-Lobos in Pictures and Documents. (book reviews)
12/01/1997: 968 words, approx. 3 pages
A recent biographical study of Heitor Villa-Lobos states that "no fewer than sixty-six books on Villa-Lobos in eight different languages have been published all over the world" (Gerard Behague, Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Search for Brazil's Musical Soul [Austin, Tex.: Institute of Latin American...
 


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Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Composer
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Heitor Villa-Lobos is a composer who does not have much formal training but still managed to master the art of Brazilian music.


 

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