A Villa-Lobos Bibliography: Monographs

November, 2004:

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	Lisa M. Peppercorn is one of the great Villa-Lobos scholars.  Her recent book The Villa-Lobos Letters is indispensible.  Order it direct from Toccata Press, from the U.K. Amazon.com, or from your local bookseller..  It's available in hardcover (ISBN 0 907689 28 0; £19.50) or paperback (ISBN 0 907689 29 9).
One of my favourite Villa-Lobos studies is Eero Tarasti's Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Life and Works, 1887-1959.  This book was published in its original Finnish in 1987, and published by MacFarland in an English translation by the author in 1995.
	There are a few dissertations written about the music of Villa-Lobos that deserve close attention.  These are some that stand out, taken from Indiana University School of Music's Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online:  Enyart, John William. The Symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Ph.D., Theory, University of Cincinnati, 1984. Research director: Darrell Handel DDM Code: 71oqEnyJ.  With the upcoming flurry of symphonies on CD, this dissertation may become quite popular.  Farmer, Virginia. An Analytical Study of the Seventeen String Quartets of Villa-Lobos.  D.M.A., Performance, University of Illinois, 1973. 135 p. DDM Code: 71chFarV; DA no.: 34/01:352; RILM no.: 76:10923dd; UM no.: 73-17,533.  Rust, Roberta. Piano Works from Heitor Villa-Lobos' Middle Period: A Study of Choros No. 5, Bachianas brasileiras No. 4, and Ciclo brasileiro. D.M.A., Piano, University of Miami, 1991. vi, 134 p. tbls., mus. exs., bibliog.  DDM Code: 71keRusR.  Roberta Rust has since recorded this repertoire, and much else by Villa-Lobos.  Wright, Simon J. Villa-Lobos and His Position in Brazilian Music After 1930. Ph.D., Musicology, University of Wales at Cardiff, 1986. DDM Code: 71boWriS.  Simon Wright went on, of course, to write one of the standard volumes, his 1992 Oxford University Press Villa-Lobos.  And this dissertation may be of some interest as well:  Saldarriaga-Ruiz, Juanita Susana. The Fifty Ponteios for Piano of Camargo Guarnieri.  D.M.A., Performance, American Conservatory of Music, 1991. 166 p. mus. exs., append., bibliog. Research director: Enrique Alberto Arias DDM Code: 71keSalJ
Here are a number of other important or interesting books that I've been consulting lately:  Rubinstein, Arthur. My many years. New York, Knopf, 1980. An engaging memoir of the famous pianist, then 93 years old. Rubinstein was an important interpreter of Villa Lobos' piano music, and a champion of his music in Latin America and around the world.  Copland, Aaron. Copland on music. New York, Norton, 1963. A compilation of articles Copland wrote in the '40s and '50s, including the important article "The composers of South America: 1941."  "One afternoon in 1923 I was introduced to a short and dynamic individual at the Paris apartment of my composition teacher, Nadio Boulanger. Someone told me that this gentleman with the dark complexion and the fiery eyes was a composer from Brazil by the name of Heitor Villa-Lobos. This was the first inkling I had that there might be such a thing as Latin American music." - p. 203
	And a new (1996) book of early Villa-Lobos piano music from Dover: "an original compilation of scores from various authoritative editions." ISBN 0-486-29384-X. List price is $10.95. Contained in this book:  Segunda Suite Infantil  Dancas Caracteristicas Africanas  Suite Floral  Prole de Bebe, vol. 1  Simples Coletanea  Historias da Carochinha  Carnaval das Criancas

The following bibliography was developed from a Browse search of books catalogued at the Library of Congress since 1975:

Subject Search For: Villa-Lobos, Heitor / Items 1 - 35 of 35

ITEM 1.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 D83 1989
AUTHOR: Duarte, Roberto.
TITLE: Revisao das obras orquestrais de Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1989 Niteroi : Universidade Federal Fluminense, Editora Universitaria, 1989-<1994 >

ITEM 2.
CALL NUMBER: CIP - NOT YET IN LC
AUTHOR: Peppercorn, L. M. (Lisa Margaret)
TITLE: The world of Villa-Lobos in pictures and documents /
PUBLISHED: 1996 Brookfield, Vt. : Scolar Press, 1996.

ITEM 3.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 T313 1994
AUTHOR: Tarasti, Eero.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1995 Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1995.

ITEM 4.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 B44 1994
AUTHOR: Behague, Gerard.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1994 Austin : Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1994.

ITEM 5.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 C33 1991
AUTHOR: Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-
TITLE: Villa Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1991 [Sao Paulo] : Imprensa Oficial do Estado, [1991?]

ITEM 6.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 P65 1989
TITLE: Premio grandes educadores brasileiros :
PUBLISHED: 1989 Brasilia : Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais, 1989.

ITEM 7.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 P46 1992
AUTHOR: Peppercorn, L. M. (Lisa Margaret)
TITLE: Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1992 Aldershot, Hants, England : Scolar Press ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate Pub.Co., c1992.

ITEM 8.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 P4513 1989
AUTHOR: Peppercorn, L. M. (Lisa Margaret)
TITLE: Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1989 London ; New York : Omnibus ; New York : Distributor, Music Sales Corp., 1989.

ITEM 9.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 W7 1992
AUTHOR: Wright, Simon.
TITLE: Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1992 Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

ITEM 10. CALL NUMBER: ML134.V65 V5 1989 TITLE: Villa-Lobos : PUBLISHED: 1989 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil : MinC-SPHAN/Pro-Memoria, Museu Villa-Lobos, 1989.

ITEM 11.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 C5 1987
AUTHOR: Chechim Filho, Antonio, 1905-
TITLE: Excursao artistica Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1987 [Sao Paulo? : s.n., 1987]

ITEM 12.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 V4 1990
AUTHOR: Villa-Lobos, Ahygara Iacyra, 1936-
TITLE: Villa-Lobos em familia /
PUBLISHED: 1990 [S.l. : s.n., 1990?] ([Rio de Janeiro?] : Cia. Brasileira de Artes Graficas)

ITEM 13.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 G57 1990
AUTHOR: Giro, Radames.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1990 Ciudad de La Habana : Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, c1990.

ITEM 14.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 C35 1988
AUTHOR: Carvalho, Herminio Bello de.
TITLE: O canto do paje :
PUBLISHED: 1988 Rio de Janeiro : Espaco e Tempo, c1988.

ITEM 15.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 B4 1988
AUTHOR: Beaufils, Marcel.
TITLE: Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1988 Paris : EST/IHEAL, c1988.

ITEM 16.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 C37 1987
AUTHOR: Carvalho, Piedade.
TITLE: Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1987 Rio de Janeiro : Tempo Brasileiro, 1987.

ITEM 17.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 H69 1987
AUTHOR: Horta, Luis Paulo.
TITLE: Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1987 Rio de Janeiro : J. Zahar Editor, 1987.

ITEM 18.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 T6 1987
AUTHOR: Toni, Flavia Camargo.
TITLE: Mario de Andrade e Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1987 [Sao Paulo] : Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, 1987.

ITEM 19.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 S8 1988
AUTHOR: Storni, Eduardo.
TITLE: Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1988 Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1988, c1987.

ITEM 20.
CALL NUMBER: ML134.V65 B5 1987
TITLE: Bibliografia e musicografia, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1
PUBLISHED: 1987 [Sao Paulo] : Prefeitura do Municipio de Sao Paulo, Secretaria Municipal de Cultura, Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, [19]87.

ITEM 21.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 M2 1987
AUTHOR: Machado, Maria Celia.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1987 Rio de Janeiro-RJ : F. Alves : Editora UFRJ, 1987.

ITEM 22.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 S34 1987
AUTHOR: Schic, Anna Stella.
TITLE: Villa Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1987 Arles : Actes Sud ; Paris : Diffusion, PUF, c1987.

ITEM 23.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 P43 1987
TITLE: O Pensamento vivo de Heitor Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1987 Sao Paulo-SP : M. Claret Editores, c1987.

ITEM 24.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 H67 1986
AUTHOR: Horta, Luis Paulo.
TITLE: Heitor Villa Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1986 [Rio de Janeiro] : Edicoes Alumbramento ; [Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil] : Cia. Brasileira de Projetos e Obras, 1986.

ITEM 25.
CALL NUMBER: ML134.V65 A7 1988
AUTHOR: Appleby, David P.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos :
PUBLISHED: 1988 New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.

ITEM 26.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 M3 1977
AUTHOR: Mariz, Vasco, 1921-
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos, compositor brasileiro /
PUBLISHED: 1977 Rio de Janeiro : MEC/DAC/Museu Villa-Lobos, 1977.

ITEM 27.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 P47 1984
AUTHOR: Pereira, Marco.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos, sua obra para violao /
PUBLISHED: 1984 Brasilia : Editora Musimed, 1984.

ITEM 28.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 M3 1983
AUTHOR: Mariz, Vasco, 1921-
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos, compositor brasileiro /
PUBLISHED: 1983 Rio de Janeiro : Zahar Editores, 1983, c1982.

ITEM 29.
CALL NUMBER: ML232 .S7 1982
AUTHOR: Squeff, Enio, 1943-
TITLE: Musica /
PUBLISHED: 1982 Sao Paulo, Brasil : Brasiliense, 1982.

ITEM 30.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 K53 1981
AUTHOR: Kiefer, Bruno, 1923-
TITLE: Villa-Lobos e o modernismo na musica brasileira /
PUBLISHED: 1981 Porto Alegre : Editora Movimento, 1981.

ITEM 31.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 P7 1977
TITLE: Presenca de Villa-Lobos.
PUBLISHED: 1977 [Rio de Janeiro] : Museu Villa-Lobos, 1977-

ITEM 32.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 B7
AUTHOR: Brazil. Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura. Divisao de Educacao Extra-Escolar.
TITLE: Homenagem a Villa-Lobos.
PUBLISHED: 1960 Rio de Janeiro, 1960.

ITEM 33.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 F68
AUTHOR: Franca, Eurico Nogueira.
TITLE: A evolucao de Villa-Lobos na musica de camera /
PUBLISHED: 1976 [Rio de Janeiro] : Museu Villa-Lobos, 1976.

ITEM 34.
CALL NUMBER: ML410.V76 S26
AUTHOR: Santos, Turibio.
TITLE: Heitor Villa-Lobos e o violao /
PUBLISHED: 1975 Rio de Janeiro : Museu Villa-Lobos, 1975.

ITEM 35.
CALL NUMBER: MT92.V71 N63
AUTHOR: Nobrega, Adhemar.
TITLE: Os choros de Villa-Lobos /
PUBLISHED: 1975 Rio de Janeiro : Museu Villa-Lobos, 1975.