Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer, classical music, pedagogical writings
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Music
Abstract
My ORCA project was an in depth study of the Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Villa-Lobos is revered in Brazil as the father of Brazilian classical music. What is not well understood, however, is the major contribution that Villa-Lobos made to music pedagogy and even to public policy related to music education in the public school systems. Many of the composer’s writings are inaccessible to the general public. As part of my project, I visited the Villa-Lobos Museum in Rio de Janeiro. I translated important pedagogical writings from Portuguese to English, studied correspondences between Villa-Lobos and the Brazilian federal government, and I studied original manuscripts of Villa-Lobos’s compositions.
Recommended Citation
Howell, Forrest and Holden, Dr. Scott
(2017)
"Advocating for the Music of Villa-Lobos,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2017:
Iss.
1, Article 132.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2017/iss1/132