Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Nationality: Brazilian

Born: March 5, 1887, Rio de Janeiro Died: November 17, 1959, Rio de Janeiro (age 72)

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Violin Sonata No. 3

(for violin and piano)

Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1920 (age 32-33)

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Nationality: Brazilian

Born: July 6, 1864, Fortaleza Died: October 16, 1920, Rio de Janeiro (age 56)

adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
animato, animé [Fr]—lively; animated
chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
e [It]—and
finale [I], final [F]—The final movement, sometimes explicitly titled thus
molto [It]—very much
scherzando [I], scherzoso, scherzante—playfully, lively, jestingly
sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.
troppo [I], non troppo, trop [F]—too, too much. non troppo means "not too much". e.g. "Allegro ma non troppo" means fast, but not too much
vivace—brisk, lively tempo faster than allegro