Composer
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Wrote more than two thousand works, fused Bach with Brazilian folk music, and once conducted forty thousand schoolchildren in a stadium.
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has globally become one of the most recognizable South American composers in music history. A prolific composer, he wrote many orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 pieces by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929), dedicated to Andrés Segovia, and his 5 Preludes (1940), dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha", are important works in the classical guitar repertory.
- Born
- 1887-03-05, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilA Saturday
- Died
- 1959-11-17, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilA Tuesday, aged 72
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1887-03-05, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · time unknown, noon chart
America/Sao_Paulothe zone used then
America/Sao_PauloThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 14°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 16°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 2°53′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 6°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 26°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 5°34′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 15°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 11°31′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Taurus | 25°16′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 2°09′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1959-11-17, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · time unknown, noon chart
America/Sao_Paulothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 24°30′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 18°39′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 8°50′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 8°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 18°40′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 8°48′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 4°29′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 21°02′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 7°21′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 6°02′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Heitor Villa-Lobos was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.