Heitor Villa-Lobos — classical guitar works & repertoire

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) is represented in the Guitar Events repertoire database with 73 guitar works from the twentieth century. The catalogue files this music under Nationalist and Modernist. Typical performance times run from about 2 minutes for Étude No. 2 in A major (Arpeggios) to about 18 minutes for Concerto for Guitar. Villa-Lobos is named in the stated requirements of one competition listed on this site. The longest of the set runs to eight minutes or more and can anchor a recital group, while 10 stay under three minutes. Among them are 16 preludes and 4 dances.

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Guitar works

12 Études Sheet music CD
5 Preludes Sheet music CD
Canção brasileira Sheet music CD
Chorinho 2:10 Sheet music CD
Chôros No. 1 Sheet music CD
Concerto for Guitar 18:00 Listen Sheet music CD
Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra Listen Sheet music CD
Dobrados Sheet music CD
Étude No. 1 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 1 in E minor (Arpeggios) 2:30 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 10 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 10 in B minor (Melody) 2:20 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 11 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 11 in E minor (Arpeggios) 4:15 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 12 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 12 in A minor (Glissandos) 2:30 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 2 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 2 in A major (Arpeggios) 1:30 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 3 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 3 in D major (Slurs) 2:10 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 4 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 4 in G major (Repeated chords) 3:45 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 5 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 5 in C major (Counterpoint) 2:30 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 6 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 6 in E minor (Chords) 2:00 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 7 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 7 in E major (Scales) 2:45 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 8 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 8 in C# minor (Melody) 3:15 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 9 Sheet music CD
Étude No. 9 in F# minor (Melody) 3:30 Sheet music CD
Fantasia Sheet music CD
Gavotta-Chôro 3:36 Listen Sheet music CD
Guitar Concerto: Cadenza 4:30 Listen Sheet music CD
Guitar Concerto: I. Allegro preciso 5:30 Listen Sheet music CD
Guitar Concerto: II. Andantino e andante 4:00 Sheet music CD
Guitar Concerto: III. Allegretto non troppo 4:30 Listen Sheet music CD
Introdução aos Chôros Sheet music CD
Mazurka em ré maior Sheet music CD
Mazurka-Chôro 2:57 Listen Sheet music CD
Panqueca Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 1 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 1 in E minor 4:52 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 1 in E minor "Sertanejo" 4:45 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 2 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 2 in E major 4:16 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 2 in E major "Malandro" 3:00 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 3 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 3 in A minor 3:52 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 3 in A minor "Bach" 3:15 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 4 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 4 in E minor 3:11 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 4 in E minor "Indian" 3:30 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 5 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 5 in D major 4:06 Sheet music CD
Prelude No. 5 in D major "Social Life" 3:30 Sheet music CD
Quadrilha Sheet music CD
Schottish-Chôro 3:21 Listen Sheet music CD
Simples Sheet music CD
Suite Populaire Brésilienne: Chôrinho Listen Sheet music CD
Suite Populaire Brésilienne: Gavotta-chôro Sheet music CD
Suite populaire brésilienne: I. Mazurka-Chôro 3:45 Sheet music CD
Suite populaire brésilienne: II. Schottisch-Chôro 3:50 Sheet music CD
Suite populaire brésilienne: III. Valsa-Chôro 4:45 Sheet music CD
Suite populaire brésilienne: IV. Gavotta-Chôro 5:15 Sheet music CD
Suite Populaire Brésilienne: Mazurka-chôro Listen Sheet music CD
Suite Populaire Brésilienne: Schottisch-chôro Sheet music CD
Suite populaire brésilienne: V. Chorinho 4:30 Sheet music CD
Suite Populaire Brésilienne: Valsa-chôro Listen Sheet music CD
Tarantela Sheet music CD
Valsa brilhante Sheet music CD
Valsa-Chôro 3:47 Listen Sheet music CD

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