The Villa-Lobos Museum (
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: Museu Villa-Lobos) is a museum in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the ...
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History
In 1960, the museum was founded by Arminda Neves d'Almeida, Heitor Villa-Lobos's second wife, who directed the museum for 24 years. The 19th-century building that houses it is listed by the
National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage
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. The museum occasionally hosts concerts.
In 2019, the museum digitized a collection of photographs it contained, in partnership with and
Federal University of Goiás. In 2020, it launched a virtual exhibition titled "Native Brazilian Music" containing 50 photographs and audio recordings of Brazilian songs, as well as photographs of musicians in recordings. It was shown at
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where letters between
Leopold Stokowski
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and Villa-Lobos were shown as well as newspaper clippings. In June 2021, the museum launched a virtual exhibition titled "Memórias de Arminda" about the life of Arminda Neves, which included an adapted version of
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Collections
The museum has a collection of objects and documents about the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos; a collection of musical instruments, books and scores;
recordings and tapes; and a collection of
conducting batons.
References
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Biographical museums in Brazil
Museums established in 1960
Museums in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Music museums