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Composer of the Week: Villa-Lobos

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4: Politics and Brazil
In 1930 Getulio Vargas became president of Brazil and appointed Villa-Lobos as head of the nation's music education programme. Villa-Lobos rose to the challenge and began to compose a vast catalogue of music for performance in schools, worship and political events. With Donald Macleod. Invocacao em Defesa da Patria Maria
Kareska (soprano), Chorales des Jeunneses Musicales de France, French National Radio Orchestra, conducted by the Composer A Mare Encheu (Guia Pratico) Magda Tagliaferro (piano)
Samba-Lele; 0 Ciranda, 0 Cirandinha; Nesta Rua ; A Pombinha Voou ; Garibaldi Foia Missa (Guia Pratico) Cristina Ortiz (piano)
Descombrimento do Brasil, Suite No 2 French National Radio Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Missa Sao Sebastiao (excerpts)
Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best Prelude Vagaroso e Mistico (Bachianas Brasileiras No 9) RPO strings, conductor Enrique Batiz
Fugue Poco Apressado (Bachianas Brasileiras No 9) BBC Singers, conductor Odalinede la Martinez

Contributors

Unknown:
Getulio Vargas
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Piano:
Magda Tagliaferro
Unknown:
Nesta Rua
Unknown:
Pombinha Voou
Piano:
Cristina Ortiz
Conductor:
Enrique Batiz
Source: Radio Times

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