Saudades do Brasil [SEP] instrumentation
Saudades do Brasil
The Saudades do Brasil (1920), Op. 67, are a suite of twelve dances for piano by Darius Milhaud. Composed after Milhaud's visit to Brazil in 1917-1918, each dance is based on a duple tango or samba rhythm and bears the name of a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro or a Brazilian city. The title of the suite uses the Portuguese term saudade. In 1921 Milhaud arranged the suite for orchestra (op. 67b).
The work is famous for featuring polytonality
. Corcovado (dedicated to Madame Henri Hoppenot)
8. Tijuca (dedicated to Ricardo Viñes)
9. Sumare (dedicated to Henri Hoppenot)
10. Paineras (dedicated to La Baronne Frachon)
11. Laranjeiras (dedicated to Audrey Parr)
12. Paysandu: (dedicated to Paul Claudel)
External links.
- Video - Darius Milhaud - "Saudades do Brasil" (1 of 2) (13:33).
- Video - Darius Milhaud - "Saudades do Brasil" (2