Étude No. 6 (Villa-Lobos)

Heitor Villa-Lobos's Étude No. 6, one of his Twelve Études for Guitar, was first published by Max Eschig, Paris, in 1953.

Étude No. 6
Étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
KeyE major
CatalogueW235
Composed1928 (1928): Paris
DedicationAndrés Segovia
Published1953 (1953): Paris
PublisherMax Eschig
Duration2–4 mins.
Scoring
  • guitar
Premiere
Date5 March 1947 (1947-03-05):
LocationWellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
PerformersAndrés Segovia, guitar

Structure

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The piece is in E minor and is marked Poco allegro[1]

Analysis

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Étude No. 6 is a chord study opening with heavily accented chords in a pattern suggesting the Argentine tango (Santos 1985, 24).

References

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  1. ^ Santos 1985, p. 24.

Cited sources

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  • 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

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  • 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).