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Heitor Villa-Lobos
Composer
1887 – 1959
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Who was Heitor Villa-Lobos?
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1887
Rio de Janeiro - Also known as
- Hector Villa-lobos
- 빌라-로보스
- Villa Lobos
- Villa-Lobos
- Parents
- Spouses
- Arminda Neves d'Almeida
(1948 - 1959/11/17) - Lucília Guimarães
(1913 - )
- Arminda Neves d'Almeida
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Lived in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Died
- Nov 17, 1959
Rio de Janeiro - Resting place
- Cemitério São João Batista
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on July 23, 2013
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