Flausino Vale’s Preludes for Solo Violin: A Window into the Soul of Brazilian Caipira Culture
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Born: Brazil, Barbacena MG, 1894
Died: Brazil, Belo Horizonte, MG, 1954
Vale was a Brazilian violinist, composer, and a major researcher on Brazilian folk music. His primary profession was a lawyer, but he also taught music history at the Conservatório Mineiro de Música. Inspired by Paganini, he composed an album of 26 Preludes for solo violin in a Brazilian landscape style.