BRAZILIAN MUSIC: SHORT INTRODUCTION

FOCUSING ON THE MUSIC OF VILLA LOBOS

b.1500: Indigenous Music. (Brazil is the 5th country with

TIMELINE: the largest territory. It is estimated that by the time of its
“Discovery”, Brazil had about 2.000 different tribes,
BRAZIL’S FIRST INFLUENCES therefore different types of cultures, rituals, and therefore
music.)

1500: (official) arrival of Portuguese, also known as

“Discovery”;

1540’s: Frist arrival of Africans in Brazil;

1550’s: First Jesuit Missions: Catechism trough music;

1808: Arrival of the Portuguese Royal Family and court,

bringing with them a large part of their library, composers,
musicians and artists in general….
Brazil becomes the only colony in the world that hosting
its own colonizers.

1812: Teatro São Joao (Bahia)

1813: Teatro Joao Caetano (Rio)

1840’s: Arrival of Polkas, Mazurkas, Waltzes (Salon Music)

1870: Carlos Gomes Il Guarany (opera)

1870’s: Chorões group (movement) officially started in Rio

de Janeiro

1884: Teatro do Amazonas (Amazonas)

1899: Chiquinha Gonzaga – O abre alas First official

carnival march;

1905: Villa Lobos traveling around Brazil collecting

rhythms, melodies (folk melodies and bird singing) and
instruments …

1929 – 1951: Villa Lobos Choros Series

1930 – 1945: Bachianas Brasileiras Series

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FOCUSING ON THE MUSIC OF VILLA LOBOS

Villa Lobos’ works beyond the Bachianas series:

Choros 6:
percussion (bass drum, tam-tam, surdo, camisão (small and large), snare drum, coco,
roncador, tamborim de samba, tambu-tambi, suspended cymbal with metal beater, cuíca, reco-
reco, xylophone, glockenspiel)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ch%C3%B4ros-no-6-w219/1174622974?i=1174623274

Choros 9:
Percission: Timpani, tam-tam, bass drum, tambor, tambor surdo, camisão (large and small), pio,
triangle, reco-reco, tartaruga, caxambu [pt], chocalho (metal and wood), xylophone, vibraphone,
celesta,
https://music.apple.com/us/album/choros-no-9/331824638?i=331824977

Choros 10:
timpani, tam-tam, tamborin, caixa, tambor, caxambu, 2 puitas, 2 bass drums,
reco (1 big, 1 small), chocalhos (metal and wood), chocalhos de maderia, gong,
https://music.apple.com/us/album/ch%C3%B4ros-nr-10-w-209-anim%C3%A9-lent-anim%C3%A9-
tr%C3%A8s-peu-anim%C3%A9/1216410443?i=1216411065

Floresta do Amazonas:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/villa-lobos-forest-of-the-amazon/282674794
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LscWPBPKLhY

PERCUSSION GUIDES:

Luiz D’Anunciação: Typical Brazilian Instruments on Villa Lobos:

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19968121M/Os_instrumentos_tipicos_brasileiros_na_obra_de_Vill
a-Lobos.

Mario Frungillo:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL19968121M/Os_instrumentos_tipicos_brasileiros_na_obra_de_Vill
a-Lobos.

Eduardo Gianesella:
http://editoraunesp.com.br/catalogo/9788539303588,percussao-orquestral-brasileira
FREE DOWNLOAD
edugianesella@gmail.com