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Suite floral

Appleby Catalogue W number: 
W117

Written in 1917-18, under the influence of Debussy and Fauré:

  • Idílio na Rede (Idyll in a Hammock)
  • Uma Camponeza Cantadeira (A Singing Country Girl)
  • Alegria na Horta (Joy in the Garden)

Here's something cool: a video of a 78 rpm record of Arthur Rubinstein playing Alegria na Horta, from the people at the Great 78s group at YouTube.  This piece was commonly programmed in early Rubinstein concerts.


Alegria na horta was adapted by Villa-Lobos for orchestra, and became the Alegria movement of the first movement of Descobrimento do Brasil.

Listen to Sonia Rubinsky play Suite floral at Mbaraka Músicas (click on Villa-Lobos: Brincando seriamente com piano).

The score is available at the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library.

Year Composed: 

1918

Category: 
Piano Works
Instrumentation: 

Piano

Scores: 

Suite floral is available in this book from Sheet Music Plus:

The Piano Music Of Heitor Villa-Lobos


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You can download the score at IMSLP.org.

Recordings: 

Suite floral is included in the third volume of Alma Petchersky's complete piano series on ASV, and volume 3 of Sonia Rubinsky's series on Naxos.  It's also included in Joanna Brzezinska-Maurer's VL piano disc.

Performances: 

Premieres:

  • Idílio na Rede: 17/11/17, Rio de Janeiro - Salão Nobre do Jornal do Commercio, Ernani Braga
  • Uma Camponesa Cantadeira: 19/11/19, Rio de Janeiro - Theatro Municipal, Nininha Velloso
  • Alegria na Horta: 21/10/21, Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Rubinstein

There are nine performances of Suite floral in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database, as of January 2010.