Brazil's most famous composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), was quite prolific, with over 2000 orchestral, vocal, and chamber works, many inspired by Brazilian folk music mixed with European traditions, most notably Bachianas Brasileiras, a series of nine suites written for various combinations of instruments and voices.
Here's Festa no Sertão ("Party in the Country"), played by Brazilian-born pianist Clelia Iruzun:
And here's arguably the composer's best-known work, "Aria" from the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, sung by Anna Moffo:
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