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Established | 1960 |
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Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Coordinates | 22°57′07″S 43°11′26″W / 22.951870°S 43.190553°W |
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museuvillalobos |
The Villa-Lobos Museum ( Portuguese: Museu Villa-Lobos) is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
In 1960, the museum was founded by Arminda Neves d'Almeida, Heitor Villa-Lobos's second wife, who directed the museum for 24 years. The 19th-century building that houses it is listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage. [1] The museum occasionally hosts concerts. [2] In 2019, the museum digitized a collection of photographs it contained, in partnership with Instituto Brasileiro de Museus and Federal University of Goiás. [3] In 2020, it launched a virtual exhibition titled "Native Brazilian Music" containing 50 photographs and audio recordings of Brazilian songs, as well as photographs of musicians in recordings. [4] It was shown at Google Arts & Culture where letters between Leopold Stokowski and Villa-Lobos were shown as well as newspaper clippings. [5] In June 2021, the museum launched a virtual exhibition titled "Memórias de Arminda" about the life of Arminda Neves, which included an adapted version of Google Street View. [6]
The museum has a collection of objects and documents about the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos; [7] a collection of musical instruments, books and scores; [2] recordings and tapes; [8] and a collection of conducting batons. [9]
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Established | 1960 |
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Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Coordinates | 22°57′07″S 43°11′26″W / 22.951870°S 43.190553°W |
Website |
museuvillalobos |
The Villa-Lobos Museum ( Portuguese: Museu Villa-Lobos) is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
In 1960, the museum was founded by Arminda Neves d'Almeida, Heitor Villa-Lobos's second wife, who directed the museum for 24 years. The 19th-century building that houses it is listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage. [1] The museum occasionally hosts concerts. [2] In 2019, the museum digitized a collection of photographs it contained, in partnership with Instituto Brasileiro de Museus and Federal University of Goiás. [3] In 2020, it launched a virtual exhibition titled "Native Brazilian Music" containing 50 photographs and audio recordings of Brazilian songs, as well as photographs of musicians in recordings. [4] It was shown at Google Arts & Culture where letters between Leopold Stokowski and Villa-Lobos were shown as well as newspaper clippings. [5] In June 2021, the museum launched a virtual exhibition titled "Memórias de Arminda" about the life of Arminda Neves, which included an adapted version of Google Street View. [6]
The museum has a collection of objects and documents about the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos; [7] a collection of musical instruments, books and scores; [2] recordings and tapes; [8] and a collection of conducting batons. [9]