Heitor Villa-Lobos: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies include David P. Appleby, Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Life (1887–1959) (2002), and Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Bio-Bibliography (1988); Gerard Béhague, Heitor Villa-Lobos: The Search for Brazil’s Musical Soul (1994); L.M. (Lisa Margaret) Peppercorn, Villa-Lobos (1991; revised and enlarged biographical section, originally published in German, 1972), and The World of Villa-Lobos in Pictures and Documents (1996); L.M. Peppercorn (ed. and trans.), The Villa-Lobos Letters (1994); and Simon Wright, Villa-Lobos (1992).

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Anniversary information added. Mar 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 13, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Philadelphia Chamber Music Society - Heitor Villa-Lobos. Jun 06, 2021
Add new Web site: Music and History - Chronobiography of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: VCUarts Department of Music - Biography of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Heitor Villa-Lobos. May 19, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Heitor Villa-Lobos. Jul 18, 2013
Changed dates of Bachianas brasileiras from "1930?44" to "1930?45." Jul 18, 2013
Article revised. Sep 27, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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