Guitar Concerto

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Guitar Concerto is a prominent 1951 work for guitar and orchestra by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos that showcases the instrument in a lyrical, virtuosic, and distinctly Brazilian idiom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guitar concerto
orchestral work
alsoKnownAs Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra
linked to: Guitar Concerto
belongsToRepertoire 20th-century guitar concerto repertoire
catalogueNumber W501
composer Heitor Villa-Lobos
composerNationality Brazilian
compositionYear 1951
countryOfOrigin Brazil
dedicatedTo Andrés Segovia
features solo guitar
firstPublisher Max Eschig
genre classical music
hasInfluence Brazilian folk music
Brazilian popular music
hasInstrumentationDetail brass
percussion
strings
woodwinds
hasMusicalCharacteristics Brazilian folk-influenced idiom
lyrical melodies
virtuosic passagework for guitar
hasTitleInPortuguese Concerto para guitarra e pequena orquestra
key A major
languageOfWork instrumental
movementCount 3
movementStructure multi-movement work
notablePerformer Andrés Segovia
notableRecordingArtist John Williams (guitarist)
Julian Bream
Narciso Yepes
orchestration small orchestra
partOfComposerOutput works for guitar and orchestra by Heitor Villa-Lobos
period 20th-century music
premiereCountry United States
premiereLocation Houston
premierePerformer Andrés Segovia
premiereYear 1956
scoredFor guitar
orchestra
style Brazilian
lyrical
virtuosic
workTitleLanguage Portuguese

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Heitor Villa-Lobos notableWork Guitar Concerto
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wroteWork Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99
linked to: Guitar Concerto
Heitor Villa-Lobos notableWork Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra
subject linked to: Heitor
linked to: Guitar Concerto
Guitar Concerto alsoKnownAs Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra
linked to: Guitar Concerto