Chapter 4

Figure 4c. Brazilian music at the World’s Fair, May 4 and 9, 1939
May 4, 1939
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Burle Marx
Brazilian and U.S. national anthems
Overture (Protofonia) to opera Il
Guarany
Chaconne in D Minor by J. S. Bach
Fantasia Brasileira
Carlos Gomes
Burle Marx, orchestral transcription
Francisco Mignone
Bernardo Segall, piano
Fantastic Episode
“Romanza,” from Lo Schiavo
Selections by Gluck, Lully, and Adam
Burle Marx
Carlos Gomes
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Bachianas brasileiras no. 5
Aria
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Choros no. 8
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Bachianas brasileiras no. 2
Heitor Villa-Lobos
O Canto da nossa terra (Song of Our Land)
O trenzinho do caipira (The Hillbilly’s Little Train)
Batuque
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
May 9, 1939
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra and New York Schola Cantorum, conducted by Burle Marx
Maracatu Chico Rei (five movements)
Caixinha de boas festas (Magic Windows)
Francisco Mignone
Heitor Villa-Lobos
(orchestral suite from the children’s ballet of the same name)
Choros no. 10
Heitor Villa-Lobos
“Faust” Symphony
Franz Liszt
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Figure 4d. Music by Villa-Lobos performed at the 1939 World’s Fair
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by Burle Marx
Bachianas brasileiras no. 5
Aria
Bachianas brasileiras no. 2
Song of Our Land
The Hillbilly’s Little Train
Caixinha de boas festas
Choros no. 8
Choros no. 10