''Introdução aos Chôros'': Abertura (Introduction to the Chôros: Overture), is a composition for guitar and orchestra by the Brazilian 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 ...
, composed in 1929 as an overture to precede a complete performance of his series of fourteen ''
Chôros''. A performance of just the ''Introdução'' lasts about thirteen minutes.
History
According to Villa-Lobos, a complete presentation of his series of ''Chôros'' should be preceded by the ''Introdução aos Choros'' and concluded by the duet for violin and cello called ''
Chôros bis'', as a sort of encore. According to the official account, the ''Introdução aos Chôros'' was composed in Rio de Janeiro and Paris in 1929.
Instrumentation
The work is scored for solo guitar (amplified) and an orchestra consisting of 2 piccolos, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, timpani, tam-tam, cymbals, xylophone, celesta, 2 harps, piano, and strings.
Analysis
The work has the form and function of a traditional symphonic overture, anticipating the themes and other aspects of the music that is to follow. The main themes are drawn from the ''Chôros'' numbers
3,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
12,
13, and
14. The work ends with the solo guitar, against a soft and soothing background, playing a free cadenza that prepares for the following entrance of ''
Chôros No. 1
''Chôros No. 1'' (Chôro típico brasileiro) is a 1920 composition for guitar by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
History
Villa-Lobos composed ''Chôros No. 1'' in Rio de Janeiro in 1920, originally publishing it under the title ''Chôro ...
'', "which is like the essence, the embryo, the psychological model that will be developed technically in the conception of all the ''Chôros''".
References
Cited sources
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Further reading
* Appleby, David. 2002. ''Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Life (1887–1959)''. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. .
* Neves, José Maria. 1977. ''Villa-Lobos, o choro e os choros''. São Paulo: Musicália S.A.
* Nóbrega, Adhemar Alves da. 1975. ''Os chôros de Villa-Lobos''. Rio de Janeiro: Museu Villa-Lobos.
* Seixas, Guilherme Bernstein. 2007. “Procedimentos Composicionais nos Choros Orquestrais de Heitor Villa-Lobos”. PhD diss. Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Estado de Rio de Janeiro.
* Wright, Simon. 1992. ''Villa-Lobos''. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. .
External links
*
Introdução aos Chôros', video recording by
Turibio Santos
Turibio Soares Santos (born March 7, 1943) is a Brazilian classical guitarist, musicologist, and composer, who established himself as a performer with a wide repertoire of pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ernesto Nazareth, Francisco Mignone, and ...
(guitar), and the
Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, conducted by Diogo Pacheco (followed by a shortened version of ''Chôros No. 1'', performed by Santos).
*
Introdução aos Chôros', video recording by the
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, conducted by (followed by an arrangement by Pedro Andrés Perez of
Chôros No. 1
''Chôros No. 1'' (Chôro típico brasileiro) is a 1920 composition for guitar by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
History
Villa-Lobos composed ''Chôros No. 1'' in Rio de Janeiro in 1920, originally publishing it under the title ''Chôro ...
for guitar orchestra, and an encore medley).
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Compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos
1929 compositions