Bach-Villa-Lobos - Orchestral Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works

Bach-Villa-Lobos Orchestral Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Works
Work				No.	Year
Fantasia e fuga No. 6, transcription for orchestra (after J.S. Bach: BWV 542)				A. 394	1938
Prelúdio e fuga No. 4, transcription for orchestra (after J. S. Bach: BWV 849)				A. 397	1938
Prelúdio e fuga No. 6, transcription for orchestra (after J. S. Bach: BWV 851)				A. 398	1938
Tocata e fuga No. 3, transcription for orchestra (after J. S. Bach: BWV 540)				A. 404	1931
Fugas 1, 8 & 21, transcription for orchestra of cellos (after J. S. Bach: BWV 846, 853, 866)				A. 426	1941

Bachianas Brasileiras
A series of nine suites, written for various combinations of instruments and voices between 1930 and 1945. Each represents a fusion between Brazilian folk and popular music and the style of Johann Sebastian Bach. Most of the movements in each suite have two titles: one "Bachian" (Prelúdio, Fuga, etc.), the other Brazilian (Embolada, O Canto da Nossa Terra, etc.).
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for 8 cellos: Introdução (Embolada), Prelúdio (Modinha), Fuga (Conversa) (Conversation)				A. 246	1930
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 for chamber orchestra: There are four programmatic movements, each reworking an earlier piece for piano or for cello and piano: Prelúdio (O Canto do Capadocio), Ária (O Canto da Nossa Terra), Dança (Lembrança do Sertão), Tocata (O Trenzinho do Caipira) (The Little Train of Caipira)				A. 247	1930
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 for piano and orchestra:: Prelúdio (Ponteio), Fantasia (Devaneio) (Digression), Aria - Modinha, Tocata (Picapu)				A. 388	1934
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 for piano (dedicated to Tomas Teren): Prelúdio (Introdução), Coral (Canto do Sertão), Aria (Cantiga), Dansa (Mindinho)				A. 264	1930-1941
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 for orchestra (dedicated to Tomas Teren): Prelúdio (Introdução), Coral (Canto do Sertão), Aria (Cantiga), Dansa (Mindinho)				A. 424	1942
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for soprano and 8 cellos: Aria (Cantilena) (lyrics by Ruth V. Corrêa), Dança (Martelo) (lyrics by Manuel Bandeira)				A. 389	1938
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for voice & guitar: Aria (Cantilena) (lyrics by Ruth V. Corrêa)				A. 391	1947
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for voice & piano: Aria (Cantilena) (lyrics by Ruth V. Corrêa)				A. 390	1948
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon: Aria (Choros), Fantasia				A. 392	1938
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7 for orchestra (dedicated to Gustavo Capanema): Prelúdio (Ponteco), Giga (Quadrilha Caipira), Tocata (Desafio), Fuga (Conversa)				A. 432	1942
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8 for orchestra: Prelúdio, Aria (Modinha), Tocata (Catira batida), Fuga				A. 444	1944
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 for chorus or string orchestra: Prelúdio e Fuga				A. 449	1945

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