Étude No. 1 (Villa-Lobos)

Étude No. 1
Étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
KeyE minor
CatalogueW235
Formthrough-composed
Composed1928 (1928): Paris
DedicationAndrés Segovia
Published1953 (1953): Paris
PublisherMax Eschig
Recorded27 June 1949 (1949-06-27) Andrés Segovia (issued on Villa-Lobos: Two Studies [Nos. 1 and 8]. 1 disc, 78rpm, 12 inch, monaural. Columbia L.X. 1229 (matrix nos. CAX 10567; CAX 10570). England: Columbia Records.
Duration2 mins.
Movements1
Scoring
  • guitar
Premiere
Date5 March 1947 (1947-03-05):
LocationWellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
PerformersAndrés Segovia, guitar

Heitor Villa-Lobos's Étude No. 1, part of his 12 Studies for Guitar, was first published by Max Eschig, Paris, in 1953.

History

The first public performance of this étude (together with those of Études 7 and 8) was given by Andrés Segovia on 5 March 1947 at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[1]

Structure

The piece is in E minor and is marked Allegro non troppo. A strong presence of J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier suggests a miniature Bachiana Brasileira.[2]

Analysis

Étude No. 1 is an arpeggio study that is predominantly focused on a cross-string right-hand technique with the exception of one scalar passage from measure 23 to 24 and a series of cadential harmonics in measures 31 to 32.[2]

References

  1. ^ Villa-Lobos, sua obra 2009, 152.
  2. ^ a b Santos 1985, 22.

Sources

  • Santos, Turibio. 1985. Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Guitar, translated by Victoria Ford and Graham Wade. Gurtnacloona, Bantry: Wise Owl Music.
  • Villa-Lobos, sua obra. 2009. Version 1.0. MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos. Based on the third edition, 1989.

Further reading

  • Wright, Simon. 1992. Villa-Lobos. Oxford Studies of Composers. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-315476-5 (cloth); ISBN 0-19-315475-7 (pbk).