Heitor Villa-Lobos
5 March 1887 – 17 November 1959
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor and educator, considered the most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music. His large output fused Brazilian folk and popular idioms with European classical forms, most famously in the Bachianas Brasileiras and Choros series.
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Life events
Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro, where his father encouraged his early musical interests.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAs a young man Villa-Lobos journeyed across Brazil, absorbing the folk and popular music that shaped his style.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgVilla-Lobos married the pianist Lucilia Guimaraes.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgVilla-Lobos spent extended periods in Paris, where his music gained international recognition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgVilla-Lobos began his celebrated suite series blending the counterpoint of Bach with Brazilian melody.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgVilla-Lobos led a national program of music education, organizing mass choral events and reforming school music.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgVilla-Lobos toured widely, conducting his works in the United States and Europe and receiving commissions abroad.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgVilla-Lobos died in his home city after a long battle with cancer.
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