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Suite for strings

Appleby Catalogue W number: 
W054

Suite para quinteto dupio de cordas (3), for double string quintet (or string orchestra)

  • Tímida
  • Misteriosa 
  • Inquieta 
Year Composed: 

1912

Category: 
Orchestral Works
Instrumentation: 

Double string quintet

Scores: 

The work is published by Eschig.  Here is the information from their Villa-Lobos Catalogue:

Suite pour orchestre à cordes ou Suíte para quinteto
duplo de cordas (Suite pour double quintette à cordes)
ou Suíte característica para instrumentos de cordas
(Suite caractéristique pour instruments à cordes)
(1912-1913)
● Tímida
● Misteriosa
● Inquieta
pour 4 violons, 2 altos, 2 violoncelles et 2 contrebasses
durée : 18 min.
première audition : 31.07.1915, Rio de Janeiro,
Orquestra da Sociedade de Concertos Sinfônicos,
Francisco Braga (dir)
ME 8351

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Performances: 

Premiere: 31.07.1915, Rio de Janeiro, Orquestra da Sociedade de Concertos Sinfônicos, Francisco Braga (dir)

The Suite is one of the featured works in the Fall 2008 Marsalis Brasilianos tour.  [Actually, no - it seems to have been replaced on the program with BB#9.]  As of October 2008, there are 27 records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database.