1913
Life
- VL marries pianist Lucilia Guimaraes.
"We were married on November 12, 1913. I continued giving piano lessons and Villa-Lobos playing, during the days, at the Cafe Colombo and in the evenings at Assirio, a restaurant in the Teatro Municipal. We remained living with my family in a house on the Rua Fonseca in the S. Cristovao district of the city."
Guimaraes, Luiz (1972). Villa-Lobos visto da plateia e na intimadade. Rio de Janeiro: Grafica Editora Arte Moderna. Quoted (and translated by) Eero Tarasti (1995). Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Life and Works, 1887-1959. London: McFarland & Company.
- Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (with star dancer Nijinsky) appears in Rio de Janeiro for the first time.
- Villa-Lobos begins playing in the orchestra at the Theatro Municipal for opera performances:
"In Brazil, at one time or another, most of us played in small bands, and had to change from instrument to instrument when we were short-handed. Usually I was 'cellist in the orchestra, but when we produced Strauss' 'Salome' in Rio de Janeiro I played interchangeably the 'cello and the third clarinet'. "Hector Villa-Lobos: Visiting Brazilian Composer Discusses Sources of Nationalism in Art," Olin Downes, New York Times, Dec. 17, 1944
Works
- Izaht, an opera in 4 acts (Max Eschig)
- Pequena Sonata for cello and piano
- Sonate-fantaisie no. 1 for violin and piano
- Cello concerto #1
- Suite for piano and orchestra
- Preludio #2 for cello and piano
The World
- Birth of Witold Lutoslawski, Benjamin Britten
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