While musical styles from various parts of the world intermingled in the early twentieth century, Heitor Villa-Lobos sought to promote Brazilian music throughout the classical music world. Instead of presenting only Brazilian styles, Villa-Lobos, in an attempt to showcase the international adaptability of Brazil's musical culture, developed a style all his own, which was a combination of his classical training in the western tradition and his first-hand experience with both Brazilian popular and Native Brazilian music. Much of his music manifests these influences, but his music for solo guitar, Brazil's national instrument, also features new techniques and timbres used in his Cinq Preludes for solo guitar.
- Heather Joy, from her Villa-Lobos’s Cinq Preludes: An Analysis of Influences
Enjoy this beautiful performance of the Villa-Lobos Prelude No. 1 played by guitarist Marcin Dylla
And from Hungary . . . Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances for String Orchestra played by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (get out your dancing shoes!)
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