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Canções típicas brasileiras = Chansons typiques brésiliennes

Appleby Catalogue W number: 
W158, W159

Poetry by Mário de Andrade and Catullo da Paixão Cearense.  Dedicated to Elsie Houston.

  1. Mokoce ce-maká (1919)
  2. Nozani-ná (1919)
  3. Papae Curumiassú (1919)
  4. Xango (1919)
  5. Estrella é lua nova (1919)
  6. Viola quebrada (1919) - Mário de Andrade
  7. Adeus Ema (1919)
  8. Palida madona (1919)
  9. Tu passaste por este jardim (1919) - Catullo Cearense
  10. Cabocla de Caxangá (1919) - Catullo Cearense
  11. Pássaro fugitivo (1935)
  12. Itabaiana (1935)
  13. Onde o nosso amor nasceu (1935)

You can listen to the choral version of Xango by the Osesp choir.

Year Composed: 

1919

Category: 
Vocal Works
Instrumentation: 

Voice and orchestra (W157)
Voice and piano (W158)

A choral version of Xangô was included in the second Canto Orfeônico volume (1950).

Scores: 

Villa-Lobos, Heitor, Mário de Andrade, and Catullo da Paixão Cearense. 1930. Chansons typiques brésiliennes: depuis les Chants indiens jusqu'aux Chansons populaires du Carnival Carioca. Paris: M. Eschig.

Recordings: 
Performances: 

The premiere of the voice & orchestra version was at the Salle Chopin in Paris in 1930.  The voice & piano version was premiered by soprano Stefana Macedo in 1935 in Buenos Aires, with the composer at the piano.