Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist, and guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music".[1] Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time.[2] A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces). His Etudes for guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to Arminda Neves d’Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha." Both are important works in the guitar repertory.
VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor
エイトル・ヴィラ・ロボス
エイトル・ヴィラ＝ロボス（Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887年3月5日 - 1959年11月17日）はブラジル出身の作曲家。独学で作曲を勉強し、クラシックの技法にブラジル独自の音楽を取り込んだ作風で知られる。ヴィラ＝ロボスは、南米のみならず、20世紀を代表する作曲家の一人である。また、多作家としても知られ、その夥しい作品数は20世紀最大とも言われる。
