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Carnival das crianças

Eight scenes are included in this suite of children's Carnival pieces:

1. O Chicote do diabinho (The Whip of the Little Devil)
2. A Manha de Pierrette (Pierrette's Morning)
3. Os Guizos de Moninozinho (Little Red Riding Hood's Bell)
4. As Peripecias do trapeirozinho (The Sufferings of the Little Ragpicker)
5. A Gaita de um precoce fantasiado (The Little Jester's Shepherd's Pipe)
6. As Traquinces do mascarado mignon(The Tricks of the Little Masker)
7. A Folia de um bloco infantil (The Frolics of a Band of Children)
8. O ginete de Pierrozinho (Little Pierrot's Horse)

These works were re-written and arranged into a one-movement piece for piano and orchestra, Momoprécoce.

Listen to Flavio Varani play O chicote do diabinho and O ginete do pierrozinho at Mbaraka Músicas (click on Villa-Lobos: Brincando seriamente com piano.

The score of Carnival das crianças is available at the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library.

Scores: 

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1922. Carnival das crianças: colleção de 8 peças. Rio de Janeiro: Casa Arthur Napoleão.

Carnival das criancas is included in the invaluable collection  The Piano Music Of Heitor Villa-Lobos:

The Piano Music Of Heitor Villa-Lobos  By Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959). Collection for solo piano. Music For Millions: Volume 62. 166 pages. Published by Amsco. (MS.AM41732) Your price $17.95

 

The score is available at IMSLP.org.