Étude No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)

Heitor Villa-Lobos's Étude No. 2, part of his Twelve Études for Guitar, was first published by Max Eschig, Paris, in 1953.

Structure

The piece is in A major and is marked Allegro. A strong presence of J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier suggests a miniature Bachianas Brasileiras (Santos 1985, 22).

Analysis

Étude No. 2 is a study in slurred notes and arpeggios, developing a musical idea by Dionisio Aguado. A passage of great fingering difficulty occurs at the end, where Villa-Lobos combines harmonics and normal notes (Santos 1985, 22)

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References
  • Santos, Turibio. 1985. Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Guitar, translated by Victoria Ford and Graham Wade. Gurtnacloona, Bantry: Wise Owl Music.

Further reading
  • Villa-Lobos, sua obra. 2009. Version 1.0. MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos. Based on the third edition, 1989.
  • 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).
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