Composer Heitor Villa-lobos

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Heitor Villa-lobos

Living place: Brazil

Birthday: 5-3-1887

Global rank: #66254

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Who is Composer Heitor Villa-lobos?
Brazilian versatile composer who is widely considered the foremost Latin American composer of his time. He is remembered for pieces such as "Bachianas Brasileiras", where his European influence is on full display.
His most famous composition is the music for the acclaimed 1959 film Green Mansions.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He received little formal training as a young man and taught himself to play a variety of musical instruments, including the cello.

Family life info

He left his first wife at the age of 49 to be with Arminda Neves d'Almeida, with whom he would remain for the rest of his life.

Close relationship

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He rubbed shoulders with influential artists such as the English composer Leopold Stokowski during his 1923 trip to Paris, France.

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When was Composer Heitor Villa-lobos born?
Heitor Villa-lobos was born in 5-3-1887, death year is , at the age of 137.
Where is Composer Heitor Villa-lobos's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Heitor Villa-lobos was born in Brazil. is a Composer, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Heitor Villa-lobos's global rank is 66254 and whose rank is 580 in list of famous Composer.
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Events in 1887 and 5-3

Birthday Heitor Villa-lobos (5-3) in history

  • Day 5-3 year 1770: The Boston Massacre was a pre-Revolutionary incident that arose from anger towards the British army, and five anti-British rioters were killed.
  • Day 5-3 year 1933: In the last free elections in Germany until after World War II, the Nazi Party received 44% of the vote.
  • Day 5-3 year 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."
  • Day 5-3 year 1953: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73, after 29 years in power.
  • Day 5-3 year 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash.
  • Day 5-3 year 1997: North and South Korean representatives met for the first time in 25 years for peace talks.
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