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

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Étude No. 1
Étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Key	E minor
Catalogue	W235
Form	through-composed
Composed	1928 (1928): Paris
Dedication	Andrés Segovia
Published	1953 (1953): Paris
Publisher	Max Eschig
Recorded	27 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.
Duration	2 mins.
Movements	1
Scoring	guitar
Premiere
Date	5 March 1947 (1947-03-05):
Location	Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Performers	Andrés Segovia, guitar

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 bar (music)measure 23 to 24 and a series of cadential harmonics in measures 31 to 32.[2]

References

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).

External links

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

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