July 1, 2009

From associations with these choro musicians who played guitar, and primarily from João Pernambuco, Villa-Lobos extracted the basis for his guitar works, considered the most important for the instrument in this [twentieth] century.
Larry Crook writes about the great guitarist João Pernambuco, and his close connection with Villa-Lobos, in his book Focus: Music of Northeast Brazil.

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