List of compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos

This is a list of selected compositions by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

"Chôros"

The "Chôros" are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

*"Introduction to the Chôros", for guitar & orchestra (1929)
*No. 1 for guitar (1920)
*No. 2 for flute and clarinet (1924)
*No. 3 for clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, 3 horns, trombone, or for male chorus, or for both together (1925)
*No. 4 for 3 horns and trombone (1926)
*No. 5 for piano (1925) "Alma Brasileira" (Brazilian Soul)
*No. 6 for orchestra (1926)
*No. 7 "Settimino" for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, violin, and cello, with tam-tam "ad lib." (1924)
*No. 8 for orchestra with 2 pianos (1925)
*No. 9 for orchestra (1929)
*No. 10 for chorus and orchestra (1926) "Rasga o Coração" ("Heartbreak")
*No. 11 for piano and orchestra (1928)
*No. 12 for orchestra (1929)
*No. 13 for 2 orchestras and band (1929) now lost
*No. 14 for orchestra, band and chorus (1928) now lost
*"Chôros Bis", for violin & cello (1928)
*"Quinteto em forma de chôros" for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon (1929); arr. flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (1951)

"Bachianas brasileiras"

The "Bachianas brasileiras" are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

*No. 1 for at least 8 cellos (1930-38)
*No. 2 for orchestra (1930)
*No. 3 for piano and orchestra (1938)
*No. 4 for piano (1930-41); orchestrated in 1941
*No. 5 for voice and at least 8 cellos (1938-45)
*No. 6 for flute and bassoon (1938)
*No. 7 for orchestra (1942)
*No. 8 for orchestra (1944)
*No. 9 for chorus or string orchestra (1945)

Concertos

The concertos are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

*Suite for Piano and Orchestra (1913)
*Cello Concerto no. 1 (1915)
*"Momoprecoce", fantasy for piano and orchestra (1921)
*"Fantasia de movimentos mistos" for violin & orchestra (1921)
*"O Martírio dos Insetos" for violin and orchestra (1925)
*"Ciranda das sete notas" for basson & string orchestra (1933)
*Piano Concerto no. 1 (1945)
*Piano Concerto no. 2 (1948)
*Fantasia for soprano saxophone, three horns & strings (1948)
*Concerto for Guitar (1951) for Segovia
*Piano Concerto no. 3 (1952-57)
*Piano Concerto no. 4 (1952)
*Harp Concerto (1953) for Zabaleta
*Cello Concerto no. 2 (1953)
*Piano Concerto no. 5 (1954)
*Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra
*Harmonica Concerto (1955) for John Sebastian Snr.
*Concerto Grosso for wind quartet & wind ensemble (1959)
*"Choros" No. 11 and "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 3 are also concertante pieces for piano and orchestra

ymphonies

The symphonies are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

*No. 1 "O Imprevisto" ("The Unforeseen") (1920)
*No. 2 "Ascensão" ("The Ascension") (1917)
*No. 3 "A Guerra" ("The War") (1919)
*No. 4 "A Vitória" ("The Victory") (1919)
*No. 5 "A Paz" ("The Peace") (1920) now lost
*No. 6 "Montanhas do Brasil" ("The Mountains of Brasil") (1944)
*No. 7 (1945)
*No. 8 (1950)
*No. 9 (1951)
*No. 10 "Amerindia" ("Sumé Pater Patrium") (1952)
*No. 11 (1955)
*No. 12 (1957)

Other Orchestral Works (including Ballet scores)

The other orchestral works are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

*"Tédio de Alvorada", symphonic poem (1916)
*"Naufrágio de Kleônicos", symphonic poem (1916)
*"Dancas Africanas" (1916)
*Sinfonietta no. 1 (1916)
*"Iára" (1917)
*"Amazonas", ballet & symphonic poem (1917)
*"Uirapurú", ballet (1917)
*"Danca Frenetica" (1918)
*"Danca dos Mosquitos" (1922)
*"Francette et Piá" (1928, orch. 1958)
*"Rudepoema" (1926, orch. 1932)
*"O Papagaio do moleque", the Kite of the Guttersnipe, a symphonic episode (1932)
*"Caixinha de Boas Festas", symphonic poem & ballet (1932)
*"Evolução dos Aeroplanos" (1932)
*"Danca da terra", ballet (1939)
*"Mandú-Cárárá", Profane Cantata / Children's Ballet for mixed choir, children's choir & orchestra (1940)
*"Suite Saudade da Juventude" nr. 1 (1940)
*"Madona", symphonic poem (1945)
*Sinfonietta no. 2 (1947)
*"Erosão", Erosion, symphonic poem (1950)
*"Rudá", symphonic poem & ballet (1951)
*'Ouverture de L'Homme Tel" (1952)
*"Alvorada na Floresta Tropical", ouverture (1953)
*"Odisséia de uma raça", symphonic poem (1953)
*"Gênesis", symphonic poem & ballet (1954)
*"Emperor Jones", a ballet (1956)
*"Fantasia em Três Movimentos" (in body of choros)(1958)
*Suite no. 1 for chamber orchestra (1959)
*Suite no. 2 for chamber orchestra (1959)

Chamber Music

The chamber music is listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992. (Information on the two "Sextetos místicos" Peppercorn 1991, 38–39)

*"Sonate-fantaisie" no. 1 for violin and piano, "Desesperança" ("Despair") (1913)
*"Sonate-fantaisie" no. 2 for violin and piano (1914)
*Sonata for violin and piano no. 3 (1920)
*Sonata for violin and piano no.4 (1923)
*Trio for piano and strings no. 1 (1911)
*Trio for piano and strings no. 2 (1915)
*Trio for piano and strings no. 3 (1918)
*"Sexteto místico", for flute, oboe, saxophone, harp, celesta and guitar (1917, unfinished or lost)
*"Sexteto místico", for flute, oboe, saxophone, harp, celesta and guitar (ca. 1955, replacement)
*"Quarteto simbólico" (Impressões da vida mundana), for flute, alt saxophone, harp, celesta and female voices (1921)
*Trio for oboe, clarinet & bassoon (1921)
*Nonetto, "Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil" ("A Brief Impression Of The Whole Brazil") (1923)
*"Quinteto em forma de choros" for flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn or horn and bassoon (1928)
*Quatuor, for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1928)
*"Assobio a Jato" ("The Jet Whistle") for flute and cello (1930)
*"Distribuição de Flores" for flute and guitar (1937)
*Trio for violin, viola and cello (1945)
*"Divagacão" for cello, piano and bass drum (adlib.) (1946)
*Duo for violin and viola (1946)
*Fantaisie concertante for piano, clarinet and bassoon (1953)
*Duo for oboe and bassoon (1957)
*"Quinteto Instrumental" for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1957)
*Fantasia Concertante for 16 or 32 cellos (1958)
*"Chôros" Nos. 2,3,4,7 and "Bachianas Brasileiras" Nos. 1 and 6 are also chamber works

tring Quartets

The string quartets are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992. Information on the two versions of Quartet No. 1 is in Peppercorn 1991, 32.

*"Suíte graciosa" (5 March 1915)
**Andante
**Allegretto
**Grega Cançonette
*String Quartet No. 1, revised from the "Suíte graciosa" (1946)
**Cantilena
**Brincadeira
**Canto lírico
**Cançoneta
**Melancolia
**Saltando como um Saci
*String Quartet No. 2 (1915)
*String Quartet No. 3 (1917)
*String Quartet No. 4 (1917)
*String Quartet No. 5 (1931)
*String Quartet No. 6 (1938)
*String Quartet No. 7 (1942)
*String Quartet No. 8 (1944)
*String Quartet No. 9 (1945)
*String Quartet No. 10 (1946)
*String Quartet No. 11 (1948)
*String Quartet No. 12 (1950)
*String Quartet No. 13 (1951)
*String Quartet No. 14 (1953)
*String Quartet No. 15 (1954)
*String Quartet No. 16 (1955)
*String Quartet No. 17 (1957)
*Villa Lobos left sketches for an 18th String Quartet.

Operas

The operas are listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.
*"Aglaia" (1909) incorporated into "Izaht"
*"Elisa" (1910)
*"Comédia lírica em 3 atos" (1911)
*"Izaht" (1914)
*"Jesus" (1918)
*"Malazarte" (1921)
*"Magdalena", light opera (1947)
*"Yerma" (1955)
*"A Menina nas nuvens" (Daughter of the Clouds), light opera (1957–58)

Ballets

*see: other orchestral works

Music for Films

The film music is listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.
*Descobrimento do Brasil ("The discovery of Brazil") (1938)
*Green Mansions (1959) (adapted as the concert work "Floresta do Amazonas" ["Forest of the Amazon"] )

Works for Guitar solo

The guitar music is listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992. Information on the newly discovered 1928 "Valsa-chôro" from http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com/actualite.html, accessed 04 December 2006
*"Panqueca" (1900)
*"Mazurka em ré maior" (1901)
*"Valsa brilhante" (1904) originally titled "Valsa concerto no. 2"
*"Fantasia" (1909)
*"Canção brasileira" (1910)
*"Quadrilha" (1910)
*"Tarantela" (1910)
*"Simples", Mazurka (1910)
*"Dobrados" (1909–1912)
*"Chôros" no. 1, "Chôro típico" (1920)
*"Suíte popular brasileira" (1928, rev. 1947–48)
*"Valsa-chôro" (ca. 1928) rejected original from the "Suíte popular", replaced with a new "Valsa-chôro" in the revision of 1947–48
*Twelve Etudes (1929; rev. 1948/53)
*"Valsa sentimental" (1936)
*Five Preludes (1940)

External links

* [http://www.rem.ufpr.br/REMv1.1/vol1.1/villa.html Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Survey Of His Guitar Music] 1996, by [http://orlandofraga.my-place.us/ Orlando Fraga]
* [http://orlandofraga.my-place.us/textos.html Estrura de Frase e Progressão Linear nos Prelúdios 1 e 2 para Violão de Villa-Lobos] by [http://orlandofraga.my-place.us/ Orlando Fraga]
* [http://guitarra.artelinkado.com/foros/showthread.php?t=5835 Os 12 Estudos para Violão de H.Villa-Lobos] Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 1993 [http://guitarra.artelinkado.com/gifsyfo/imagenes/Anuncios/vilates2.pdf pdf] [http://www.guitarfoundation.org/drupal/node/2525 alt.] by Krishna Salinas
* [http://www.eduardomeirinhos.com.br/mestrado.php Fontes Manuscritas e Impressa dos 12 Estudos para Violão de Heitor Villa-Lobos] (1997) by [http://www.eduardomeirinhos.com.br/mestrado.php Eduardo Meirinhos]
* [http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06262003-170157/ Primary Sources And Editions Of Suite Popular Brasileira, Choros No. 1, And Five Preludes, By Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Comparative Survey Of Differences] [http://www.eduardomeirinhos.com.br/doutorado.php] (2003) by [http://www.eduardomeirinhos.com.br/mestrado.php Eduardo Meirinhos]
* [http://www.musicaeeducacao.mus.br/artigos/gilbertoborgesanalisedochoronr1heitorvillalobos.pdf Choro Nr.1 De Heitor Villa-Lobos - Uma Análise Gilberto André Borges]
* [http://www.starrsites.com/CarmelClassicGuitar/journal/J0409VillaLobos.html A Study of Three Works of Villa-Lobos] by Richard Kevin DeVinck

Music for Piano solo

The piano music is listed and described in "Villa-Lobos, sua obra" 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

*"Celestial", waltz (1904)
*"Ibericarabe" (1914)
*"Ondulando" (1914)
*"Danças características Africanas" (1915)
*"Suite floral" (1918)
*"Histórias da carochinha" (1919)
*"A Lenda do Caboclo" (1920)
*"Carnaval das crianças" (1920)
*"Prole do Bebê", first series (1920)
**Branquinha (A Boneca de Louça) - Little White Doll (The Porcelain Doll)
**Moreninha (A Boneca de Massa) - Little Brunette Doll (The Paste Doll)
**Caboclinha (A Boneca de Barro) - Little Mestiza Doll (The Clay Doll)
**Mulatinha (A Boneca de Borracha) - Little Mulatta Doll (The Rubber Doll)
**Negrinha (A Boneca de Pau) - Little Black Doll (The Wooden Doll)
**A Pobrezinha (A Boneca de Trapo) - The Poor Little Doll (The Rag Doll)
**O Polichinelo - The Punch
**A Bruxa (A Boneca de Pano) - The Witch (The Cloth Doll)
*"Prole do Bebê", second series (1921)
**A Baratinha de Papel (The Paper Little Cockroach)
**O Gatinho de Papelão (The Box-Paper Kitten)
**O Camundongo de Massa (The Paste Mouse)
**O Cachorrinho de Borracha (The Rubber Puppy)
**O Cavalinho de Pau (The Wooden Little Horse)
**O Boizinho de Chumbo (The Lead Little Bull)
**O Passarinho de Pano (The Cloth Little Bird)
**O Ursinho de Algodão (The Cotton Little Bear)
**O Lobinho de Vidro (The Glass Little Wolf)
*"Prole do Bebê", third series (1926) now lost
*A Fiandeira (1921)
*"Rudepoêma" (1921-26)
*"Sul America" (1925)
*"Cirandinhas" (1925)
**Zangou-se o Cravo com a Rosa
**Adeus, Bela Morena
**Vamos, Maninha
**Olha Aquela Menina
**Senhora Pastora
**Cai, Cai, Balão
**Todo Mundo Passa
**Vamos Ver a Mulatinha
**Carneirinho, Carneirão
**A Canoa Virou
**Nesta Rua tem um Bosque
**Lindos Olhos Que Ela Tem
*"Cirandas" (1926)
**Terezinha de Jesus
**A Condessa - (The Countess)
**Senhora Dona Sancha
**O Cravo Brigou com a Rosa - (The Carnation Fought The Rose)
**Pobre Cega - (Poor Blind Woman)
**Passa, Passa Gavião - (Go Away, Go Away, Hawk)
**Xô, Xô, Passarinho - (Shoo, Shoo, Little Bird)
**Vamos Atrás de Serra, Calunga - Let's Go to the Mountain, Calunga
**Fui no Tororó - I went to Itororó
**O Pintor de Cannahy - The Painter of Canai
**Nesta Rua, Nesta Rua - In This Street
**Olha o Passarinho, Dominé - Look at the Little Bird, Dominé
**À Procura de uma Agulha - Looking for a Needle
**A Canoa Virou - The Canoe Capsized
**Que Lindos Olhos! - What Beautiful Eyes!
**Có, Có, Có - Chip, Chip, Chip
*"Saudades das selvas brasileiras" (1927)
*"Bachianas brasileiras" no. 4 (1930-40)
*"Francette et Pià" (1932)
*"Valsa da dor" (1932)
*"Guia Prático" (1932-49)
*"Ciclo brasileiro" (1936-37)
**Plantio do Caboclo - Peasant's Sowing
**Impressões Seresteiras - Impressions of a Serenade Musician
**Festa no Sertão - Feast in the Desert
**Dança do Índio Branco - Dance of the White Indian
*"As Três Marias" (1939)
*"New York Sky-Line Melody" (1939)
*"Poema Singelo" (1942)
*"Homenagem a Chopin" (1949)
**Nocturne
**A la Ballada

References

*Appleby, David P. 1988. "Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Bio-Bibliography" New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-25346-3
*Peppercorn, Lisa M. 1991a. "Villa-Lobos, the Music: An Analysis of His Style" Translated by Stefan De Haan. London: Kahn & Averill; White Plains, NY: Pro/AM Music Resources. ISBN 1-871082-15-3
*Peppercorn, Lisa M. 1991b. "Villa-Lobos ‘ben trovato’." "Tempo: A Quarterly Review of Modern Music", no. 177 (June): 32–39.
*Tarasti, Eero. 1995. "Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Life and Works". Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0013-7
*"Villa-Lobos, sua obra: Programa de Ação Cultural, 1972". 1974. Second edition. Rio de Janeiro: MEC,DAC, Museu Villa-Lobos.
*Wright, Simon. 1992. "Villa-Lobos". Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315475-7

External links

* [http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com/formcat/actuel/durand_eschig/villa-lobos_2007.pdf Catalog of Villa-Lobos works published by Max Eschig]
* [http://www.villalobos.ca/VLworks-cat A database of Villa-Lobos works, listed by category]