Chôros

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Chôros is a groundbreaking series of orchestral and chamber works by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos that fuses European classical techniques with Brazilian popular and folk music styles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music work
musical composition series
orchestral work
composer Heitor Villa-Lobos NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Brazil
creator Heitor Villa-Lobos NERFINISHED
describedAs fusion of European classical techniques with Brazilian popular and folk styles
genre Brazilian art music
classical music
hasInstrumentationRange large orchestra
orchestra and chorus
small chamber ensemble
solo instrument
hasPart Chôros No. 1 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 10 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 11 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 12 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 13 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 14 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 15 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 2 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 3 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 4 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 5 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 6 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 7 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 8 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 9 NERFINISHED
Chôros bis NERFINISHED
Introdução aos Chôros NERFINISHED
influencedBy Brazilian folk music
Brazilian popular music
European classical music
language instrumental
mainSubject Brazilian musical identity
movement modernism in music
notableWork Chôros No. 1 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 10 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 11 NERFINISHED
Chôros No. 5 NERFINISHED
partOf Heitor Villa-Lobos oeuvre
placeOfOrigin Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED
publisher Max Eschig NERFINISHED
startTime 1920s
style experimental harmony
nationalist music
rhythmic complexity
usesMusicalForm choro

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