1924
Life
- In Paris for most of the year.
- Villa meets Andres Segovia for the first time, at a party in Paris given by Olga de Moraes Sarmento. Segovia tells the story in "I meet Villa-Lobos," Guitar Review, no. 22, 1958, pp. 22-23.
- Conducts his own music in Lisbon in March and Brussels in April.
- May 30: an important concert of Villa's works is given at the Salle des Agriculteurs by Arthur Rubinstein, Vera Janacopulos, and Joao de Souza Lima. The programme includes Quatuor symbolique, Prole do Bebe #1, Epigrammas ironicos, Pensees d'Enfant, and the Nonetto.
- Villa returns to Brazil in October.
Works
- Choros #2, for flute and clarinet. Dedicated to Mario de Andrade. Written in Rio in 1924, this work received its first performance on Feburary 18, 1925.
- A piano version of Choros #2 was written by the composer in 1924.
- Choros #7 "Setemino" (Max Eschig). Dedicated to Dr. Arnaldo Guinle. Received its first performance on September 17, 1925.
The World
- Birth of Luigi Nono, Max Roach, Henry Mancini, Sarah Vaughan
- Birth of George Hufsmith, Villa-Lobos's pupil
- First performance of Rhapsody in Blue
- Andre Breton's Surrealist Manifesto
- Death of Lenin, Kafka, Busoni, Puccini, Fauré
- Oswald de Andrade publishes "Manifesto da Poesia Pau-Brasil" in Correio da Manhâ
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