Villa-Lobos Paperback / softback
by Simon (Hire Library Manager, OUP Music Department, Hire Library Manager, OUP Music Departmen Wright
Part of the Oxford Studies of Composers series
Paperback / softback
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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. Simon Wright has lectured, broadcast, and written on all aspects of Latin American music, and was awarded the Rocha Miranda Award of the Anglo-Brazilian Society for research in Brazil.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:162 pages, music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:05/03/1992
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- ISBN:9780193154759
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:162 pages, music examples
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:05/03/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780193154759