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Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Overall the performance was great. I’ve always loved the sound of guitars because my dad and uncle both play. I became entranced by the music it reminded me of my childhood. Like these were pieces id hear on my favorite shows like tom and jerry. I liked the recital overall because each person picked great pieces but all went together in a way like it had a theme that reminded me of Hispanic or Italian music. Even though, some of the performers messed up they still did well and played right through like nothing happened. I also, liked how the players expressed the way they felt playing the music their body language and facial expressions made me feel the music even more. The stage mostly bare but, was set up with a chair and for one performance …show more content…

Villa-Lobos was self-taught and his style was avant-garde Brazilian folk music. This being his first piece was written in the 20th century. The key of the song is an E minor which gives it an insouciant type of sound. The piece is normally five-minutes. It features arrangements of notable melodies, with a few eloquent dissonances. You can hear a rhythm of the street music, popular Brazilian music and tango. The purpose of this piece was to include all of brazils music into one piece that doesn’t follow the normal restrictions placed in music back then. However, Choros No. 1 is traditional in song form and its tonality. The song opens with 3 notes each has a fermata over them that allows the player to lengthen the way they want. This is a notable example of how street improv type of music is what influenced Heitor to make this piece. The piece is disjunct and dissonant with melodic leaps and larger intervals. The contour is arch-like and the range is wide. There is some vibrato on some of the notes. The texture of the piece is monophonic. I enjoyed this piece the most compared to the others, even though its disjunct and dissonant the piece sounds very pleasurable to the

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