Samba classico
Ode - an homage to folk composers
The text of the version for singer & piano is by Epaminondas Villalba Filho (Villa-Lobos's pseudonym); while the orchestral version has a different text (?) by Carlos Marinho de Paula Barros.
Voice & orchestra (W497)
Voice & piano (W498)
Written originally for voice & orchestra: 2fl, 2ob, 2cl(Bb), cl baixo, 2fg, 4cor, 3trp, 4trb, tuba, tímp, chocalho, tamborim, surdo, reco-reco, hp e cordas
The first performance was in Canada: 28/2/58, Montreal - CBC. Maria Kareska was the soprano, and the composer conducted.