Based on a melody by the great composer & instrumentalist (Ernesto Joaquim Maria dos Santos) Donga. See this page in Musica Brasiliensis "Donga writes to Villa-Lobos".
The premiere of this work took place in Rio's Vasco da Gama Stadium in 1940 (sung by 40,000 students, with a band of 1,000).
Four part a cappella chorus (W465)
Arranged for chorus & band (W466)