Brasil - Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Heitor Villa-LobosBorn: 1887Died: 1959Nationality: BrazilianPublisher: AMPPhoto Fundao Biblioteca Nacional
"IlearnedmusicfromabirdinthejunglesofBrazil,notfromacademies."Primarilyselftaught,theBraziliancomposerHeitorVillaLobosspenthisearlyyearsabsorbingthestylesofBrazilianpopularmusicasaguitaristinstreet"choros,"orvillagebands.DuringanexpeditionalongtheAmazontotheinteriorofBrazil,hepursuedaninterestinnativechant,rites,andmusic.Later,establishedasaneducatorandprolificcomposer,hetraveledwidelyandlivedinbothNewYorkandParis,thoughheremainedimmersedinthespiritandcultureofBrazil.HisloveofBachandofBrazilianfolkmusicaremanifestinseveralworks,particularlyhisworksforcelloorchestra,BachianasBrasileirasNo.1andBachianasBrasileirasNo.5.
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