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Right from the first chord, the presence of the composer filled that great space. And with him came the whole of Brazil, grandiose Brazil, sentimental Brazil, wrongheaded Brazil, rascally Brazil, disorganized Brazil, lyrical Brazil the streetsinger —- our indolence, our sensitivity, our romance, our sensuality, our hopes, yes, and our faults, too, all transformed into music.
— From Lee Boyd’s translation of Erico Verissimo’s Cronica of Villa-Lobos.