| Étude No. 6 | |
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| Étude by Heitor Villa-Lobos | |
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| Key | E major |
| Catalogue | W235 |
| Composed | 1928: Paris |
| Dedication | Andrés Segovia |
| Published | 1953: Paris |
| Publisher | Max Eschig |
| Duration | 2–4 mins. |
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| Premiere | |
| Date | 5 March 1947: |
| Location | Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Performers | Andrés Segovia, guitar |
Heitor Villa-Lobos's Étude No. 6, one of his Twelve Études for Guitar, was first published by Max Eschig, Paris, in 1953.
Structure
The piece is in E minor and is marked Poco allegro[1]
Analysis
Étude No. 6 is a chord study opening with heavily accented chords in a pattern suggesting the Argentine tango (Santos 1985, 24).
References
- ↑ Santos 1985, p. 24.
Cited sources
- Santos, Turibio. 1985. Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Guitar, translated by Victoria Ford and Graham Wade. Gurtnacloona, Bantry: Wise Owl Music.
- Villa-Lobos, sua obra. 2009. Version 1.0. MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos. Based on the third edition, 1989.
Further reading
- 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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