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Suite Populaire Bresilienne

Appleby Catalogue W number: 
W020

The work as we know it was completed in 1912, but portions were written in the previous decade.  This work is thus one of the earliest pieces by Villa-Lobos that's normally played today.  The first movement is dedicated to Maria Tereza Teran.

suitepop 

Movements:

  1. Mazurka-Choro
  2. Schottisch-Choro
  3. Valsa-Choro
  4. Gavota-Choro
  5. Chorinho

Meirinhos, Eduardo, "Primary Sources and Editions of Suite Popular Brasileira, Choros No. 1, and Five Preludes, by Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Comparative Survey of Differences," Florida State University, 2003.

Year Composed: 

1912

Category: 
Guitar Works
Instrumentation: 

Solo guitar

Scores: 

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1955. Suite populaire brésilienne, pour guitare. Paris: Eschig.

suitepoppage 

Recordings: 

I'm a big fan of Canadian guitarist Norbert Kraft.  You can't go wrong with his Naxos CD of Norbert Kraft: Complete Music for Guitar (Naxos)

In arrangements:

And on DVD:

Performances: 

This is a very popular work, but as with the Preludes, Etudes, and Choros #01, it's hard to capture all of the concerts that include the odd movement or the whole Suite Populaire.  As of December 2010, there are 29 records in the Villa-Lobos Concerts database, but I'm sure it's played much more often than that.