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ballets
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chronology
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Heitor Villa-Lobos
historical photographs
international travels
Lisa M. Peppercorn
music conductor
Paris
Product details
- ISBN 9780907689294
- Weight: 394g
- Dimensions: 143 x 222mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1994
- Publisher: Toccata Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Presents for the first time the complete surviving correspondence of the outstanding Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos [1887-1959], one of the most colourful figures in twentieth-century music.
This complete edition of the letters of the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, collected for the first time in any language, details his stay in the Paris of the 1920s, his work in Brazil and the 1930s and `40s and his international travels as conductor of his own music. The letters also discuss commissions for ballets, concertos and other works. Lisa M. Peppercorn, who knew Villa-Lobos, is the acknowledged expert on the life and music of this colourful figure, and she gives a detailed commentary on the events giving rise to the letters. A chronology gives a detailed account of Villa-Lobos' life, which is thoroughly illustrated with photographs of the persons and places associated with Villa-Lobos, facsimiles of works and concert programmes, and so on. The letters thus form a guide to the most productive years of his life.
Lisa M Peppercorn, Editor
