The key of the movement is E minor, with the central portion beginning also on E (but alternating between E minor, E Dorian, and E Phrygian) and modulating to B minor at the end. Each of the main sections is cast in either rounded binary or ternary form. The second movement is in ternary form with alterations to the returning opening part (ABA'), ending with an extended coda. A recapitulation of the initial material, transposed a minor third upward, is followed by a development section and stretto, diminishing and accelerating to the end of the movement. The first movement is built from two strongly contrasting motifs, the first one energetic and repetitive, the second lyrical, based on the style of certain folk tunes from the northeast of Brazil. Cadenza: Quasi allegro – Andante – Quasi allegro – Poco moderato.The orchestra consists of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trombone, and strings A reduction for guitar and piano was published in Paris by Max Eschig in 1955, who also published the full score in 1971. The concerto was first performed on 6 February 1956 in Houston, Texas, by Andrés Segovia and the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Villa-Lobos, however, ignored these demands, supplying an extended cadenza and insisting the work be called a concerto. According to another version of the story, the situation was quite the reverse: Segovia commissioned the work with the stipulation that there should be no cadenza and the work be titled Fantasia concertante. Initially in three movements and titled Fantasia concertante, Villa-Lobos later added a cadenza at Segovia's request, and changed the title to Concerto for Guitar and Small Orchestra. The concerto was written for the Spanish guitarist Andrés Segovia, to whom the score is dedicated. The Guitar Concerto, W501 (piano reduction: W502), is a work for solo guitar and small orchestra written by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos in Rio de Janeiro in 1951. Andrés Segovia and Houston Symphony Orchestra

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