List of compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos

The Chôros are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• Introdução aos Chôros (Introduction to the Chôros), for guitar & orchestra (1929)
• Chôros No. 1 for guitar (1920)
• Chôros No. 2 for flute and clarinet (1924)
• Chôros No. 3 "Pica-páo" (Woodpecker) for clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, 3 horns, and trombone, or for male chorus, or for both together (1925)
• Chôros No. 4 for 3 horns and trombone (1926)
• Chôros No. 5 for piano (1925) "Alma brasileira" (Brazilian Soul)
• Chôros No. 6 for orchestra (1926)
• Chôros No. 7 "Settimino" (Septet) for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, violin, and cello, with tam-tam ad lib. (1924)
• Chôros No. 8 for orchestra with 2 pianos (1925)
• Chôros No. 9 for orchestra (1929)
• Chôros No. 10 for chorus and orchestra (1926) "Rasga o coração" (Tear Out the Heart)
• Chôros No. 11 for piano and orchestra (1928)
• Chôros No. 12 for orchestra (1929)
• Chôros No. 13 for 2 orchestras and band (1929) now lost
• Chôros No. 14 for orchestra, band and chorus (1928) now lost
• Chôros bis, for violin and cello (1928–29)
• Quinteto (em forma de chôros) for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet and bassoon (1928); arr. flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (1951)

The Bachianas Brasileiras are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• No. 1 for at least 8 cellos (1930–38)
• No. 2 for orchestra (1930)
• No. 3 for piano and orchestra (1938)
• No. 4 for piano (1930–41); orchestrated in 1941
• No. 5 for voice and at least 8 cellos (1938–45)
• No. 6 for flute and bassoon (1938)
• No. 7 for orchestra (1942)
• No. 8 for orchestra (1944)
• No. 9 for chorus or string orchestra (1945)

The concertos are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• Suite for Piano and Orchestra (1913)
• Cello Concerto No. 1 (1915)
• Fantasia de movimentos mistos for violin & orchestra (1921)
• O Martírio dos Insetos for violin and orchestra (1925)
• Momoprecoce, fantasy for piano and orchestra (1929) or band (1931)
• Ciranda das sete notas for bassoon & string orchestra (1933)
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1945)
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (1948)
• Fantasia for saxophone, three horns, and strings (1948)
• Guitar Concerto (1951) for Segovia
• Piano Concerto No. 3 (1952–57)
• Piano Concerto No. 4 (1952)
• Harp Concerto (1953) for Zabaleta
• Cello Concerto No. 2 (1953)
• Piano Concerto No. 5 (1954)
• Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra
• Harmonica Concerto (1955) for John Sebastian Snr.
• Concerto Grosso for wind quartet & wind ensemble (1959)
• Chôros No. 11 and Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 are also concertante pieces for piano and orchestra

The symphonies are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• No. 1 O Imprevisto (The Unforeseen) (1916)
• No. 2 Ascensão (Ascension) (1917)
• No. 3 A Guerra (The War) (1919)
• No. 4 A Vitória (The Victory) (1919)
• No. 5 A Paz (The Peace) (1920; lost)
• No. 6 Sobre a linha das montanhas do Brasil (On the Outline of the Mountains of Brasil) (1944)
• No. 7 Odisséia da paz (Odyssey of the Peace) (1945)
• No. 8 (1950)
• No. 9 (1952)
• No. 10 "Sume pater patrium" (Sinfonia ameríndia) (Sumé, Father of Fathers [Amer-Indian Symphony]) (1952)
• No. 11 (1955)
• No. 12 (1957)

The other orchestral works are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• Tédio de Alvorada, symphonic poem (1916), reworked as Uirapuru
• Naufrágio de Kleônicos, symphonic poem (1916)
• Danças Africanas (1916)
• Sinfonietta No. 1 (1916)
• Iára (1917)
• Amazonas, ballet & symphonic poem (1917)
• Uirapuru, ballet and symphonic poem (1917–34)
• Dança Frenética (1918)
• Dança dos Mosquitos (1922)
• Francette et Piá (1928, orch. 1958)
• Rudepoêma (1926, orch. 1932)
• O Papagaio do moleque, the Kite of the Guttersnipe, a symphonic episode (1932)
• Caixinha de Boas Festas, symphonic poem & ballet (1932)
• Evolução dos Aeroplanos (1932)
• Dança da Terra, ballet (1939)
• Mandu-Çarará, secular cantata / children's ballet for mixed choir, children's choir & orchestra (1940)
• Suíte Saudade da Juventude No. 1 (1940)
• Madona, symphonic poem (1945)
• Sinfonietta No. 2 (1947)
• Erosão (Erosion), symphonic poem (1950)
• Rudá, symphonic poem & ballet (1951)
• Ouverture de L'Homme Tel (1952)
• Alvorada na Floresta Tropical, ouverture (1953)
• Odisseia de uma raça, symphonic poem (1953)
• Gênesis, symphonic poem & ballet (1954)
• Emperor Jones, a ballet (1956)
• Fantasia em Três Movimentos (in the form of a choros) for wind band (1958)
• Suite No. 1 for chamber orchestra (1959)
• Suite No. 2 for chamber orchestra (1959)

The chamber music is listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992. (Information on the two Sextetos místicos in Peppercorn 1991b, 38–39)

• Sonate-fantaisie No. 1 for violin and piano, Desesperança (Despair) (1913)
• Sonate-fantaisie No. 2 for violin and piano (1914)
• Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 (1920)
• Sonata for violin and piano No. 4 (1923)
• Trio for piano and strings No. 1 (1911)
• Trio for piano and strings No. 2 (1915)
• Trio for piano and strings No. 3 (1918)
• Sexteto místico, for flute, oboe, saxophone, harp, celesta and guitar (1917, unfinished or lost)
• Sexteto místico, for flute, oboe, saxophone, harp, celesta and guitar (ca. 1955, replacement)
• Quarteto simbólico (Impressões da vida mundana), for flute, alto saxophone, harp, celesta and female voices (1921)
• Trio for oboe, clarinet & bassoon (1921)
• Nonetto, Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil (A Brief Impression of the Whole of Brazil) (1923)
• Quinteto em forma de choros for flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn or horn and bassoon (1928)
• Quatuor, for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1928)
• Distribuição de Flores for flute and guitar (1937)
• Trio for violin, viola and cello (1945)
• Divagacão for cello, piano and bass drum (adlib.) (1946)
• Duo for violin and viola (1946)
• Assobio a Jato ("The Jet Whistle") for flute and cello (1950)
• Fantaisie concertante for piano, clarinet and bassoon (1953)
• Duo for oboe and bassoon (1957)
• Quinteto Instrumental for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1957)
• Fantasia Concertante for 16 or 32 cellos (1958)
• Chôros Nos. 2,3,4,7 and Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1 and 6 are also chamber works

The string quartets are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992. Information on the two versions of Quartet No. 1 is in Peppercorn 1991b, 32.

• Suíte graciosa (5 March 1915)
  • Andante
  • Allegretto
  • Grega Cançonette
• String Quartet No. 1, revised from the Suíte graciosa (1946)
  • Cantilena
  • Brincadeira
  • Canto lírico
  • Cançoneta
  • Melancolia
  • Saltando como um Saci
• String Quartet No. 2 (1915)
• String Quartet No. 3, Quarteto de pipocas (1917)
• String Quartet No. 4 (1917)
• String Quartet No. 5, Quarteto popular no. 1 (1931)
• String Quartet No. 6, Brazilian (1938)
• String Quartet No. 7 (1942)
• String Quartet No. 8 (1944)
• String Quartet No. 9 (1945)
• String Quartet No. 10 (1946)
• String Quartet No. 11 (1948)
• String Quartet No. 12 (1950)
• String Quartet No. 13 (1951)
• String Quartet No. 14 (1953)
• String Quartet No. 15 (1954)
• String Quartet No. 16 (1955)
• String Quartet No. 17 (1957)
• Villa Lobos left sketches for an 18th String Quartet.

• Missa São Sebastião, for three voices (1936-37)
• Ave Maria
  • for five voices (1938)
  • for six voices (1948)
• Pater Noster, for four voices (1950)
• Panis Angelicus, for four voices (1950)
• Sub Tuum Praesidium, for four voices (1952)
• Praesepe, for four voices (1952)
• Cor Dulce, Cor Amabile, for four voices (1952)
• Magnificat-Alleluia, for mezzo soprano, chorus and orchestra (1958)
• Bendita Sabedoria, for six voices (1958)

• Miniaturas, six songs for voice and piano (1912–1917)
  • Chromo No.2
  • Viola
  • Chromo No.3
  • Sonho
  • Japonezas
  • Sino de Aldeia

• Ave Maria (1914)

• Padre Nosso (1914)

• Il Bove (1916)

• A Cascavel (1917)

• Amor y perfidia (1918)

• Sertão No Estio (1919)

• Tres Historietas (1920)
  • 1. Lune D'octobre
  • 2. O Novelozinho De Linha
  • 3. Solidão

• Epigramas irônicos e sentimentais, eight songs (1921-1923)
  • Eis a vida!
  • Inutil epigrama
  • Sonho de uma noite de verão
  • Epigrama
  • Perversidade
  • Pudor
  • Imagem
  • Verdade

• Serestas, fourteen songs (1925-26, "Vôo" and "Serenata" added 1943)
  • Pobre cega
  • Anjo da guarda
  • Canção da folha morta
  • Saudades da minha vida
  • Modinha
  • Na paz do outono
  • Cantiga do viúvo
  • Canção do carreiro ou Canção de um crepúsculo caricioso (sobre themas selvagens dos boiadeiros e carreiros, entre os índios e mamelucos do Brasil)
  • Abril
  • Desejo
  • Redondilha
  • Realejo
  • Vôo
  • Serenata

• Coleção Brasileira, two songs(?) (1925)
  • Tempos Atras
  • Tristeza

• Canções Indigenas, three songs (1926)
  • Canide Ioune Sabath (Ave amarela, canção elegíaca) (Melody collected in the 16th century by Jean de Léry)
  • Teiru (Canto fúnebre pela morte de um cacique)
  • A Iara

• Canções típicas brasileiras, thirteen songs (1929–1935)
  • Môkôcê cê-maká... (Dorme na rêde...). Canção para acalentar as criancinhas entre os Índios Paricis
  • Nozani-ná. Canto dos indios Paricis da Serra do Norte (Matto Grosso),
  • Papae Curumiassú
  • Xangô. Canto fetiche de Makumba
  • Estrella é lua nóva. Canto fetiche de Makumba
  • Vióla quebrada. Modinha de M. de A.
  • Adeus Êma, Desafio. Théma populaire du Nord de Minas Geraes
  • Pállida Madona. Modinha antiga
  • Tu passaste por este jardim... Modinha carioca, Thema de Alfredo Dutra
  • Cabocla de Caxangá
  • Pássaro fugitivo
  • Itabaiana
  • Onde o nosso amor nasceu
• As Filhas de Maria (1930)
• Modinhas e canções, song cycle(s) for voice and piano
  • Album 1, seven songs (1935–1943)
    • Canção do marinheiro (a maneira do genero ibérico de 1500, versos originaes da época) (1936)
    • Lundú da Marqueza de Santos (evocando a época - 1822) (1940)
    • Cantilena (Um canto que saiu das senzalas) (1936)
    • A gatinha parda (Sobre um tema infantil popular do século XIX) (1941)
    • Remeiro de São Francisco (Canto dos mestiços do Rio S. Francisco da Baia)
    • Nhapopê (modinha antiga, sobre um tema popular) (1935)
    • Evocação (1943)
  • Album 2, six songs (1943)
    • Pobre peregrino
    • Vida formosa
    • Nésta rua
    • Manda tiro, tiro lá
    • João Cambuête
    • Na corda da viola

• Duas Paisagens, two songs (1946)
  • Manhã Na Praia
  • Tarde Na Glória

• Bonsoir Paris! (1948)

• Canção do Poeta do Século XVIII (1948)

• Canção De Cristal (1950)

• Samba Clássico (1950)

• Jardim Fanado (1955)

• Sete Vezes (1959)

• Serestas (1925–26) (orchestral version of voice and piano original above)

• Modinhas e canções, song cycle(s) for voice and orchestra
  • Album 1, seven songs (1943) (orchestral version of voice and piano original above)
  • Album 2, six songs (1958-59) (orchestral version of voice and piano original above)

• Sete Vezes (1959) (orchestral version of voice and piano original above)

The operas are listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• Aglaia (1909), incorporated into Izaht
• Elisa (1910), incorporated into Izaht
• Comédia lírica em 3 atos (1911)
• Izaht (1914)
• Jesus (1918)
• Malazarte (1921)
• Magdalena, light opera (1947)
• Yerma (1955)
• A Menina das Nuvens (The Girl of the Clouds), light opera (1957–58)

• see: other orchestral works

The film music is listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992.

• Descobrimento do Brasil (Discovery of Brazil) (1938)
• Green Mansions (1959) (adapted as the concert work Floresta do Amazonas [Forest of the Amazon])

The guitar music is listed and described in Villa-Lobos, sua obra 1974, Appleby 1988, Peppercorn 1991a, Tarasti 1995, and Wright 1992. Information on the newly discovered 1928 Valsa-chôro from https://web.archive.org/web/20070218094019/http://durand-salabert-eschig.com/actualite.html, (accessed 4 December 2006).

• Panqueca (1900)
• Mazurka em ré maior (1901)
• Valsa brilhante (1904) originally titled Valsa concerto No. 2
• Fantasia (1909)
• Canção brasileira (1910)
• Quadrilha (1910)
• Tarantela (1910)
• Simples, Mazurka (1910)
• Dobrados (1909–1912)
• Chôro No. 1, "Chôro típico" (1920)
• Suíte popular brasileira (1928, rev. 1947–48)

1. Mazurka-Choro
2. Schottish-Choro
3. Valsa-Choro
4. Gavotta-Choro
5. Chorinho

• Valsa-chôro (ca. 1928) rejected original from the Suíte popular, replaced with a new "Valsa-chôro" in the revision of 1947–48
• Douze études (1929; rev. 1948/53)

1. Etude No. 1 in E minor: Allegro non troppo
2. Etude No. 2 in A major: Allegro
3. Etude No. 3 in D major: Allegro moderato
4. Etude No. 4 in G major: Un peu modéré—Grandioso
5. Etude No. 5 in C major: Andantino—Poco meno
6. Etude No. 6 in E minor: Poco Allegro
7. Etude No. 7 in E major: Tres animé—Moins
8. Etude No. 8 in C-sharp minor: Modéré
9. Etude No. 9 in F-sharp minor: Tres peu animé
10. Etude No. 10 in B minor: Tres animé—Un peu animé—Vif
11. Etude No. 11 in E minor: Lent—Poco meno—Animé
12. Etude No. 12 in A minor: Animé—Più mosso—a tempo primo—Un peu plus animé

• Valsa sentimental (1936)
• Five Preludes (1940)

1. Prelude No. 1 in E minor ("Melodia lírica"): Andantino espressivo Più mosso
2. Prelude No. 2 in E major ("Melodia capadócia"): Andantino—Più mosso
3. Prelude No. 3 in A minor ("Homenagem a Bach"): Andante—Molto adagio e dolorido
4. Prelude No. 4 in E minor ("Homenagem ao índio brasileiro"): Lento—Animato—Moderato
5. Prelude No. 5 in D major ("Homenagem à Vida Social"): Poco animato—Meno—Più mosso
6. Prelude No. 6 (Lost)