![]() Piano works from Hietor Villa-Lobos' middle period a study of Choros no. 258.įor Anna Stella Schic, a close friend of the composer, the White Indian was Villa-Lobos - she called her 1987 memoir/study Villa-Lobos: Souvenirs de L'Indien Blanc. ![]() Tarasti quotes Villa's story of "how the composer met in a Brazilian forest a white Indian, who constantly danced and died." He goes on to say: "This rather strange explanation might be replaced by another more rasonable one: The white Indian in the title simply means that the work moves mostly in the white keys." - Tarasti (1995), p. The Dance of the White Indian is almost as fun to watch as it is to listen to. Sonia Rubinsky's fingers fly in this video: You can listen to the third and fourth pieces played by Paulo Brasil, in these MP3s from his website. ![]() Danca do Indio Branco (Dance of the White Indian).Festa no sertao (The Fete in the Desert).Impressoes seresteiras (The Impressions of a serenade musician).Plantio do caboclo (The Peasant's sowing).The "Brazilian Cycle" is made up of four movements:
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