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As his last collection written for solo guitar in 1940, the Five Preludes represents Heitor Villa-Lobos’ compositional maturity in his music for this instrument. Composed more than a decade after the Twelve Studies, the preludes symbolize the solidification of his creative identity through the combination of distinct elements; from Baroque and French Impressionism to the Brazilian urban tradition of the Choro and folkloric cultural manifestations. In a conjunction between his European classical influences and the legacy of street musicians from Rio de Janeiro, Villa-Lobos outlines typical landscapes from his native country: the Amazon forest wilderness and the indigenous people, the culturally effervescent Rio de Janeiro of the first half of the twentieth century and its social archetypes, the resilient struggle to survive endured by inhabitants of the Sertão (arid and dry areas in Central and Northeastern regions of Brazil). Redefining social, cultural and folkloric aspects with a personal and original appropriation of typical elements. Each of the preludes is an individual portrait of the many facets of Brazilian reality as a country and as a nation. The new order proposed by Dr. Lora presents a more balanced macro-tonal architecture and reflects a chronological disposition of the musical portraits in relation to the history of Brazil and its social and cultural development.

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Here's Douglas Lora performing Heitor Villa-Lobos's Preludes 1-5 in "A New Interconnected Order". Recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA.

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