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 globally bec ...
's Étude No. 8, one of his ''Twelve Études for Guitar'', was first published by Max Eschig, Paris, in 1953.
History
The first public performance of this étude (together with those of
Études 1 and
7) was given by
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987), was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. Many professional classical guitarists were either students of Segovia or students of Segovia's students.
Segovia ...
on 5 March 1947 at
Wellesley College
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in
Wellesley, Massachusetts
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.
Structure
The piece is in
C-sharp minor
C-sharp minor is a minor scale based on C, with the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature consists of four sharps.
The C-sharp natural minor scale is:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale ar ...
and is marked ''
Modéré''.
Analysis
Étude No. 8 is a study in
arpeggio
An arpeggio () is a type of Chord (music), chord in which the Musical note, notes that compose a chord are individually sounded in a progressive rising or descending order. Arpeggios on keyboard instruments may be called rolled chords.
Arpe ...
s and slurs. The main melody is introduced first in the bass, under the arpeggios, then is passed to the higher strings, and back and forth.
References
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Further reading
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Guitar études by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Compositions in C-sharp minor