This is one of the pieces played at the Semana de Arte Moderna in Sao Paulo in 1922. It was originally an orchestral excerpt from the opera Zoé.
Solo piano
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. 1960. Bailado infernal: da ópera "Zoé" 2 ̊ato. Rio de Janeiro: Editôra Arthur Napoleão.
Premiere performance by Ernani Braga, February 22, 1922, at the 3rd program of the Semana de Arte Moderna.