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Heitor Villa-Lobos

Brazil

Heitor Villa-Lobos is credited on 4,997 releases across 982 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,997

Credits

982

Albums

8

Decades active

213

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Biography

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Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist.
Born March 5, 1887 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Died November 17, 1959 (aged 72) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He's been described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works and is one of the best-known South American composer of all times.
Early in life, he learned to play the cello, clarinet, and classical guitar. [He also appears as Hector Villalobos]

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Credited work

4,997 releases · 982 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 6,928
  • Other credits · 144
  • Production · 2

Studios: Walthamstow Assembly Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Kingsway Hall · Rainbow Studio

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