Étude No. 1 (Villa-Lobos)

Étude No. 1
Étude No. 1
Étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos
	Heitor Villa-Lobos
Key	E minor
Catalogue	W235
Form	through-composed
Composed	1928: Paris
Dedication	Andrés Segovia
Published	1953: Paris
Publisher	Max Eschig
Recorded	27 June 1949 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.
Duration	2 mins.
Movements	1
Scoring	guitar;
Premiere
Date	5 March 1947:
Location	Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Performers	Andrés 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 Bachianas Brasileiras.^[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 23 to 24 and a series of cadential harmonics in measures 31 to 32.^[2]

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.

External links[]

12 Estudos, W235 (Villa-Lobos): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

[FOOTNOTE''Villa-Lobos,_sua_obra''2009152-1] Villa-Lobos, sua obra 2009, 152.

[FOOTNOTESantos198522-2] Santos 1985, 22.

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