Duo for violin & viola
Appleby Catalogue W number:
W463
Written in Rio in 1946, this work is dedicated to Paulina d'Ambrozio. But Villa-Lobos: Sua Obra (1989) gives the composition date as 1947.
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro agitato
Year Composed:
Category:
Chamber Music
Instrumentation:
Violin & viola
Scores:
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1947. Duo for violin and viola. New York: Music Press.
The autograph score (16 pp.) is in the Museu Villa-Lobos.
Recordings:
Performances:
The work had its first performance in New York in Feburary 1948, with Lillian & Joseph Fuchs playing the two parts.
There are eight records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database as of September 2011.