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Timeline of the Life of Heitor Villa-Lobos

Here is a Timeline of the life of Heitor Villa-Lobos, from his birth in 1887 to 1959, with important information about VL's life, his works, and the wider world of arts, letters, science and politics.

1887 1902 1903 1904
1905
 1906
1907
1908
1909 1910 1911 1912
1913 1914 1915 1916
1917 1918 1919 1920
1921 1922 1923 1924
1925 1926 1927 1928
1929 1930 1931 1932
1933 1934 1935 1936
1937 1938 1939 1940
1941 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948
1949 1950 1951 1952
1953 1954 1955 1956
1957 1958 1959 March 5th

Sources

The following were important sources for information on the life and works of Villa-Lobos. They have been invaluable in putting together this timeline.  Oh, and don't forget Wikipedia!

Béhague (1994) Gerard Behague, Heitor Villa-Lobos: The search for Brazil's musical soul. Austin: University of Texas, 1994.
Mariz (1963) Vasco Mariz, Heitor Villa-Lobos: Life and work of the Brazilian composer. Washington DC: Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Inc., 1963.
Peppercorn, 1989 Lisa Peppercorn, Villa-Lobos (The Illustrated lives of the great composers). London: Omnibus Press, 1989.
Rede da Memoria Rede da Memoria Virtual Brasileira - an online chronology of the 20th century, from the National Library of Brazil.
Schic (1987) Anna Stella Schic, Villa-Lobos, Souvenirs de l'indien blanc. Paris: Actes Sud, 1987.
Tarasti (1995) Eero Tarasti, Heitor Villa-Lobos, the life and works 1887-1959. London: MacFarland, 1987, translated to English in 1995.
Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra (1972) MEC/Museu Villa-Lobos, Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra, 2nd edition. Rio de Janeiro: MEC/Museu Villa-Lobos, 1972.
Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra (1989) Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra, 3rd edition.  Rio de Janeiro: MinC - SPHAN/Pro-Memoria, Museu Villa-Lobos, 1989.
Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra (2009) Villa-Lobos, Sua Obra, Version 1.0.  Rio de Janeiro: MEC / IBRAM / Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009.
Wright (1992)
Villa-Lobos (Oxford Studies of Composers), Oxford u.a: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992.