This is a list of compositions by Heitor Villa-Lobos. It is still incomplete (he composed over 2000 works in his lifetime), and needs expansion. You can help. (More nearly complete lists of compositions may be found in the References or External Links listed below).
Chôros The Chôros are listed and described in , , , , and .
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)
Bachianas Brasileiras The Bachianas Brasileiras are listed and described in , , , , and .
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)
Concertos The concertos are listed and described in , , , , and .
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
Symphonies The symphonies are listed and described in , , , , and .
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)
Other orchestral works (including ballet scores) The other orchestral works are listed and described in , , , , and .
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)
Chamber music The chamber music is listed and described in , , , , and . (Information on the two Sextetos místicos in )
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
String quartets The string quartets are listed and described in , , , , and . Information on the two versions of Quartet No. 1 is in .
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.
Sacred and other choral works Ave Maria, for four part choir (1918) Na Bahia Tem, for male choir (1926) Bazzum, for male choir (1936) Missa São Sebastião, for three voices (1936-37) Ave Maria for five voices (1938) for six voices (1948) Jose, for male choir a cappella (1944) As Costureiras, for female choir (1945) Pater Noster, for four voices (1950) Panis Angelicus, for four voices (1950) Sub Tuum Praesidium, for four voices (1952) Praesepe, for four voices (1952) Préces sem palavras, for male choir (1952) Duas Lendas Amerindias em Nheengatu, for choir a cappella (1952) Cor Dulce, Cor Amabile, for four voices (1952) Magnificat-Alleluia, for mezzo soprano, chorus and orchestra (1958) Bendita Sabedoria, for six voices (1958)
Choral transcriptions J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Fugue No. 1, (1932) J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Fugue No. 21, (1932) J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude No. 22, (1932) J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Fugue No. 5, (1932) Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 'Pathétique' - II. Adagio cantabile, (1932) Chopin: Waltz No. 7, (1932) Massenet: Élégie, (1932) Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte No. 9, (1932) Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen No. 7, Träumerei, (1933) Schubert: Schwanengesang No. 4, Ständchen, (1933) Rachmaninov: Morceau de fantaisie, Op. 3 - No. 2, (1934) J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude No. 14, (1937) J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude and Fugue No. 8, (1938)
Songs (with piano) 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)
Songs (with orchestra) 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)
Operas The operas are listed and described in , , , , and . 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)
Ballets