The early compositions for cello and piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Miguel Augusto Ramos Zaparolli (Creator)

Institution

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )

Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/

Advisor

Alexander Ezerman

Abstract: This study presents a historical overview of Heitor Villa-Lobos’s early life, career, surrounding environment, influences, selected early compositions for cello and piano written between 1913 and 1917, autographs, and of Rio de Janeiro from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the study of Villa-Lobos’s early life and Rio de Janeiro from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is important to consider the influences of Europe, especially France on Brazil, and European composers on Heitor Villa-Lobos. This study provides historical information, and attempts to increase the dissemination of Villa-Lobos’s early compositions for cello and piano into the standard cello repertoire. The study also presents information to help cellists understand and then incorporate these pieces into their repertoire, followed by a recording of selected Villa-Lobos’s early compositions for cello and piano performed by this author. More pertinent materials are given in the appendixes, such as historical information about the other compositions for cello and piano written between 1913 and 1917 (Appendix A), and a complete list of compositions for and with cello by Heitor Villa-Lobos (Appendix B). The findings of this study show that Villa-Lobos’s early compositions for cello and piano show a complete absence of elements of Brazilian folklore, were highly influenced by the aesthetics of European composers in vogue at the time in Brazil, and were written while the composer was active as a cellist As shown in the Conclusion, after careful analysis, it can be inferred that Villa-Lobos’s early compositions for cello and piano deserve to be known, incorporated into the repertoire of modern cellists, and performed more frequently.

The early compositions for cello and piano by Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Additional Information

Publication

Dissertation

Language: English

Date: 2019

Keywords

Brazilian Music, Cello, Cello and Piano, Early Compositions, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro

Subjects

Villa-Lobos, Heitor

Cello and piano music $x Analysis, appreciation

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