To Augusto Rodrigues and Herminio Bello de Carvalho Turibio Santos Heitor Vicca-Copos Aud The GUITAR Translated by Victoria Forde and Graham Wade Wise Owl MusicHeitor Villa-Lobos and the Guitar Originally published by the Museu Vill Lobos, 1975 © 1985 English translation, Graham Wade First published in English by Wise Owi Muse, Gurinacloona, Bantry, Co. Cor, Island. Layout and Typography © Wise Ow! Music 1985, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any ‘means, electronic, mechanical, photo-copying, recording or other Wise" without the prior wlten permision ‘ot the copyright holders. a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, suapi publishers wish to thank the following for ther valuable asistance and’ cooperation in the production of this rhs D of hi Victoria Forde, Blackrock, Co. Cork, Ireland; Graham Wade, Senior Lecturer, City of Leeds College of Musics Lionel Lethbridge; Oscar Carrasco; Mr. Gerald Hugon of Messrs. Max Eschig, Pats, for permission io reproduce copyright musical examples; Arminda Villa-Lobos: the Museu Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro; Herminio Bello de Carvalho; Helen Jennings ‘CONTENTS ntroduction Gitossary ‘One Musician? Or Many Musicians? The Musichins ~ Tomas Terin, Andrés Segovia, Heitor Vill Lobes ‘The Twelve Studies 1940 — The Prokides The Five Preludes which were Six A Concerto was Needed Problems of Interpreting Vil-Lobos The Personality of Ville Lobes More about the Personality and Beliefs of Villa-Lobos ‘The Belits of Vill Lobos ‘The Song of Villa-Lobos The Influence of his Work Conchision| APPENDICES List of Compositions for Guitar by Heitor Villa-Lobos Discography Bibliography Suggested Further Reading Concerto ~ Music Examples Facsimile of Vill Lobos' Manuscript of Mazurka (1911) 39 nm n 15 ”INTRODUCTION This is the first presentation in English of the book by Tusibio Santos originally published by the Museu Ville Lobos with the support of MEC ~ Departamento de Assuntos Cultura of Rio Tanciro in 1975, "Turibio Sanios was born in 1943 in Sao Luis, Maranhao, in jorth Braz. He began playing the guitar at the age often and died with Antonio. Rebello and later with Oscar Caceres. In 962 he made his debut as a recialist in Rio. de Janeiro and followed this with an extensve tour of Brazil In 1963, at the hnvitation of the Museu Villa-Lobos, he gave the fist complete formance of the Twelve Shudiex Two. years later Turiio Santos won frst prize in the prestigious ORTF International Guitar Competition in Paris In 1968 he made the first ever cording ofthe entire set of the Twelve Studies, Since these early years of his career Turibio Santos has stablished his reputation as one of the most distinguished uitarists of Brazil. He has appeared with major orchestras throughout the world and achieved international acclaim for his many recordings on the Erato label. Thus he is uniquely qualified s one of the foremost authorities on the guitar music of Heitor ila-Lobos in the 1950's Turibio Stntos attended seminars with the composer and became closely asociated with many of U musicians of Rio de Janeiro with whom Villa Lobos had worked. As one might expect, this book is intensely Brazilian relies to some extent on ‘the readers knowledge of Brazil's istorical and cultural background anil on some awareness of th local musi, customs and personalities of Rio de Janeiro. A sho Josary has therefore been provided to ill in atleast some of the ‘sential background Villa-Lobos" own life as a composer reflects const trugele to make the Brazilian peopl, at all social levels, mere conscious of their national identity, especially as it could be expressed through the rch and varied musical traditions of Brazil.