The composer’s biggest work for solo piano has a title that combines the Brazilian words for “savage” and “poem.” The single-movement work was premiered in Paris in October 1927 by Arthur Rubinstein. In 1942, Villa-Lobos arranged the piece for orchestra.
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Rudepoêma was written by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Heitor Villa-Lobos released Rudepoêma on Mon Oct 24 1927.
In his dedication of the score to Rubinstein, Villa-Lobos wrote:
My true friend, I do not know if I can have fully assimilated your soul with this Rudepoema, but I swear with all my heart that I have the impression in my mind of having recorded your temperament and of having mechanically transcribe...