Nonet | |
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Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil | |
by Heitor Villa-Lobos | |
English | A Rapid Impression of the Whole of Brazil |
Catalogue | W191 |
Form | Chôros |
Composed | 1923 Rio de Janeiro and Paris – September 1923 : |
Dedication | Olivia Guedes Penteado |
Published | 1929 Paris : |
Publisher | Max Eschig |
Recorded | 1941 | Schola Cantorum; Brazilian Festival Orchestra; Hugh Ross, conductor. Victor Red Seal DM 773 (17976–17980; matrix 057036–057044).
Duration | 14 min |
Scoring | Flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone (doubling baritone saxophone), bassoon, harp, celesta, piano, and percussion, with mixed choir |
Premiere | |
Date | 30 May 1924 |
Location | Salle des Agriculteurs, Paris |
Conductor | Heitor Villa-Lobos |
Performers | Louis Fleury, flute; Louis Gaudard, oboe; Henri Delacroix, clarinet; Raymond Briard, saxophone; Gustave Dhérin, bassoon; G. Truc, celesta; João de Souza Lima, piano; L. Perret, harp; M. Caillette and Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, percussion; Mixed Choir of Paris |
Nonet, subtitled "Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil" (A rapid impression of the whole of Brazil) is a chamber-music work (with mixed choir) by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, written in 1923. It is number W191 in the catalogue of works compiled by David Appleby.[1]