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This article hypothesizes that a lost score by Villa-Lobos, the Trio for flute, cello and piano in C minor, Op. 25 (1913) would be an adaptation of Trio #1 for violin, cello and piano (1911), also in C minor, Op. 25. The coincidences observed in tonality, opus numbering and movement titles are indications that this adaptation was made in order to accommodate the instrumental formation of the chamber music concerts performed by Villa-Lobos in Friburgo in 1915, with the participation of his wife Lucília Guimarães on the piano and flutist Agenor Bens. The possible collaboration of Agenor Bens in the adaptation of the original violin part for flute gave rise to the research of the biographical profile of this musician, who transited between the universe of choro and concert music. In addition, an adaptation for flute is offered, proposing that the performance of the work can provide more support for the hypothesis formulated here. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article intends to rediscuss Paulo Guérios's hypothesis, for whom a) Villa-Lobos started to build himself as a Brazilian composer after his first visit to Paris; b) the eventual nationalist works of Villa-Lobos, before Paris, were only "temporary projects" and his main objective was "to demonstrate to others and to himself that he was an artist". Based on documentation obtained from periodicals and data offered by Guérios himself, a different interpretation of those data is proposed, which points out the composer as a musician who experienced popular culture as a young man from the outskirts, resorting to the "anthropophagic" assimilation of European culture to obtain sufficient support that made it possible for him to go to Paris, where, after the recognition of his poetics, he was able to give space to the musical representation of Brazilian culture, of which he became a kind of "ambassador". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Villa-Lobos, in his first steps as a composer tried in different genres, as popular music, as well classic styles like opera, sacred and chamber music; since 1914, he knew and studied the Cours de Composition Musicale (1909) de Vincent d'Indy. This paper analyses his symphonies and string quartets composed and premiered between 1915 and 1919. During this time, one can see the "Frenchness" growing in Villa-Lobos's style, as an acceptance strategy in the Rio de Janeiro musical environment. I intend to rediscuss a Paulo Guérios's thesis, according to whom Villa-Lobos became a Brazilian musician only after his arrival at Paris. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]