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Music of the nations
Folk songs, dances and landscapes, from Liszt's Hungary to Márquez's Mexico.
Liszt → Smetana → Grieg → Albéniz → Dvořák → Sibelius → Elgar → Williams → Janáček → Villa-Lobos → Rodrigo → Márquez
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2
This guide follows Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2 (1930) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
(O trenzinho do caipira) — 19:02–22:59
In the the train starts up: shakers, scraper and timpani set a steady chugging rhythm with the strings, and brass calls cut through it. The A section brings a long, singing melody above that unbroken motion. After a short , A′ restates the tune with the woodwinds prominent as the train runs at speed. In the the train slows (allargando a ), the strings play near the and in harmonics, and the last chords dissolve into atmospheric string sounds before a final short stroke.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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